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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2011
Applicants:

Brett a Green, Eagle, ID (US);

Eric Thomas Stucki, Meridian, ID (US);

Denis Pochuev, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jim T. Belesiu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Lawrence S Canino, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);

Michael Stewart, Gresham, OR (US);

David O Hamilton, Ramona, CA (US);

Gregory P Kuziej, San Diego, CA (US);

Cameron E Light, Escondido, CA (US);

Randy Ingram, Battle Ground, WA (US);

Tony Blasio, San Diego, CA (US);

Steve T Breidenbach, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brett A Green, Eagle, ID (US);

Eric Thomas Stucki, Meridian, ID (US);

Denis Pochuev, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jim T. Belesiu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Lawrence S Canino, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);

Michael Stewart, Gresham, OR (US);

David O Hamilton, Ramona, CA (US);

Gregory P Kuziej, San Diego, CA (US);

Cameron E Light, Escondido, CA (US);

Randy Ingram, Battle Ground, WA (US);

Tony Blasio, San Diego, CA (US);

Steve T Breidenbach, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04L 9/0827 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and an apparatus to connect a peripheral device to a wireless network access point are provided herein. A host device associated with a wireless network access point stores and obtains a set of wireless credentials related to a wireless network formed by the wireless network access point. The host device opens a connection between the host device and the peripheral device to transmit the set of wireless credentials from the host device to the peripheral device. The host device identifies the peripheral device over the wireless network access point.


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