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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Timothy F. Ahlers, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron H. Averbuch, Seattle, WA (US);
Coyle B. Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
John-anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
John L. W. Furlan, Blemont, CA (US);
Jonathan Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ariel Braunstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy F. Ahlers, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron H. Averbuch, Seattle, WA (US);
Coyle B. Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
John-Anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
John L. W. Furlan, Blemont, CA (US);
Jonathan Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ariel Braunstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method in one example implementation includes discovering a networking device within a wireless connectivity range from a first computing device. The networking device may be configured for wireless connectivity by sending new network configuration settings to the networking device to be stored in a memory element. The method also includes configuring the first computing device to initiate a wireless connection to the networking device, such that the wireless connection is created without requiring the user to provide any configuration settings associated with the wireless connection. In more specific embodiments, if it is determined that the networking device is unconfigured, then the new network configuration settings are automatically generated. In other more specific embodiments, the new network configuration settings include a new network identifier and a new network password.