Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for securely configuring a new device with network credentials
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Application No.: US15894586Application Date: 2018-02-12
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Publication No.: US10587400B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Scott Zimmerman , Joe Britt
- Applicant: AFERO, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Altos
- Assignee: Afero, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Afero, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Altos
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/08 ; H04W12/08 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/14 ; H04W12/04 ; H04L9/06

Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for sharing network credentials. One embodiment of a method comprises: establishing a Bluetooth connection between a first Internet of Things (IoT) device and a mobile device of a first user having an IoT app installed, the mobile device to couple the first IoT device to an IoT service; receiving a request from a user from the mobile device to configure the first IoT device using network credentials from a second IoT device, the second IoT device registered with an account of the user on the IoT service and configured to connect to a secure network of the user with the network credentials; establishing a communication channel between the first IoT device and the second IoT device through the IoT service and the mobile device to obtain the network credentials; and using the network credentials at the first IoT device to securely connect to the secure network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190253243A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY CONFIGURING A NEW DEVICE WITH NETWORK CREDENTIALS Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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