System, computer program product and method for managing and controlling a local network of electronic devices and reliably and securely adding an electronic device to the network
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Abstract
A system method and computer program product for setting up a wireless electronic device to join a wireless local area network (LAN). The method upon which the system and computer program product is based includes sending a setup request from the wireless electronic device to a control device, the setup request including a request to be added to the wireless LAN, and receiving at the wireless device a data package from the control device, the data package including network information necessary for the wireless device to join the wireless LAN. The network information are then executed at the wireless device to establish a wireless connection to an access point of the wireless LAN. The setup request may be sent at a low power to ensure that only the control device in close proximity can receive the request. After the wireless connection to the LAN is established, the wireless electronic device resumes full power communications.
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2. A method for setting up a device to communicate as a network node on a wireless network, the method comprising:
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sending from the device, via a limited communication range connection, a wireless set-up request message to a registration device configured to communicate on said wireless network; receiving at the device, via the limited communication range connection, data from the registration device, said data including information necessary for the device to communicate as a network node on the wireless network; and using at the device, the data received from the registration device to establish a network connection for the device to communicate as a network node on the wireless network, said network connection having a network communication range greater than a setup communication range of the limited communication range connection.
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18. A device comprising:
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a memory having embodied therein, data related to setting up the device to communicate as a network node on a wireless network; a transceiver configured to send and receive wireless communication signals on said wireless network; and a processor in communication with said memory and said transceiver, said processor configured to; send, via a limited communication range connection, a wireless set-up request message to a registration device configured to communicate on said wireless network, receive, via the limited communication range connection, data from the registration device, said data including information necessary for the device to communicate as a network node on the wireless network, and use the data received from the registration device to establish a network connection for the device to communicate as a network node on the wireless network, said network connection having a network communication range greater than a setup communication range of the limited communication range connection.
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