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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Anup Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
Kevin S. Kim, Sungnam, KR;
Daehyun Lee, Suwon, KR;
Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Anup Karnalkar, Allen, TX (US);
Kevin S. Kim, Sungnam, KR;
Daehyun Lee, Suwon, KR;
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for provisioning a communication device is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element that establishes wireless communication with a base unit operating according to a short-range cordless phone communication protocol, and receives from the base unit provisioning information that enables a communication device to establish wireless communications with an access point operating according to a wireless fidelity (WiFi) communications protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed.