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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Olivier Jean Benoit, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Palanigounder, San Diego, CA (US);
Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
Aram Perez, San Diego, CA (US);
Bibhu Prasad Mohanty, San Diego, CA (US);
Etan Gur Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A configuration device is disclosed for configuring a network device in a communication network. The configuration device initiates pairing operations with the network device via a short-range communication connection. The configuration device determines whether the network device is in a registered state or an unregistered state. If the configuration device determines that the network device is in the unregistered state, the configuration device establishes a secure short-range communication channel between the configuration device and the network device. The configuration device transmits a network key to the network device via the secure short-range communication channel for configuring the network device to communicatively connect to the communication network. If the configuration device determines that the network device is in the registered state, the configuration device determines whether to unregister the network device.