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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Li-ter Chen, West Hills, CA (US);
Robert Reay, Rochester, NY (US);
Rebecca Vanderhoff, Rochester, NY (US);
David Hoard, Escondido, CA (US);
Li-Ter Chen, West Hills, CA (US);
Robert Reay, Rochester, NY (US);
Rebecca Vanderhoff, Rochester, NY (US);
David Hoard, Escondido, CA (US);
Belkin International, Inc., Playa Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
A system () capable of configuring an electrical device () coupled to a computer (), the system includes: (a) a computer communications component () of the electrical device configured to communicate with the computer; and (b) an installation component () of the electrical device capable of an initial configuration the electrical device. In this embodiment, the installation component is configured to automatically begin the initial configuration of the electrical device as soon as the installation component detects the electrical device is not configured and the computer communications component establishes a data connection between the electrical device and the computer. Furthermore, the initial configuration of the electrical device includes an initial configuration of either a dynamic or non-dynamic network connection between the electrical device and a network provider.