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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
At&t Mobility Ii, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Emily Soelberg, Atlanta, GA (US);
Glenn Blumstein, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ginger Chien, Bellevue, WA (US);
Murali Narayanan, Redmond, WA (US);
Bradley Richard Ree, San Marcos, CA (US);
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T MOBILITY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Wireless pairing is automatically performed based on purchase. By providing a unique identifier and/or account number (such as a credit card number), a wireless device is automatically paired to a wireless network. For example, when a smartphone or other mobile device is used to purchase an electronic door lock, the smartphone may be used to identify security credentials for accessing the wireless network. A cellular telephone number, for example, may reveal an SSID and/or a network password that is required to access a residential or business WI-FI network. As another example, a credit card number may also be used to identify the security credentials for the wireless network.