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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Poovanpilli G. Madhavan, Bellevue, WA (US);
David A. Roberts, Redmond, WA (US);
Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Redmond, WA (US);
Zhong Deng, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad Mittal, Redmond, WA (US);
Ankur Agiwal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Poovanpilli G. Madhavan, Bellevue, WA (US);
David A. Roberts, Redmond, WA (US);
Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Redmond, WA (US);
Zhong Deng, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad Mittal, Redmond, WA (US);
Ankur Agiwal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A process for secure, safe, and easy provisioning of a wireless device with credentials to connect to a wireless network. A connecting wireless device and an established wireless device both utilize low power transmission at close proximity to exchange wireless connection setting information and/or a password. The connecting wireless device is moved into proximity with the established wireless device and a low power setting is discovered at which the wireless devices may communicate with a sufficiently low error rate. The proximity of the connecting wireless device to the established wireless device is verified and the connecting wireless device is then passed the secret information by the established network device.