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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Henry S. Ptasinki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ted Edward Carter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manoj Thawani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manas Deb, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeff Vadasz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mahesh Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David L. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henry S. Ptasinki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ted Edward Carter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manoj Thawani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Manas Deb, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeff Vadasz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mahesh Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David L. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for improved communication network setup may comprise receiving authentication enablement information from a configurator station comprising indication of a current state of a configurator timing window. In response to input at a client station to communicate authentication response information to the configurator station, receiving at the client station, configuration information and/or status information resulting from input at the client station. Other aspects of the invention may comprise responding to input at a configurator station to transmit authentication enablement information comprising indication of a current state of a configurator timing window, receiving authentication response information from the client station based on the transmitted authentication enablement information, and transmitting to the client station configuration information and/or status information from the configurator station based on the received authentication response information.