NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY
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1. A system for enabling an end user mobile device to acquire network identification and network configuration information for a networked connected device via an ancillary wireless communication channel to enable a communication therebetween, comprising:
- a network providing a plurality of network communication channels;
an electronic device connected to said local area network, said electronic device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver, said electronic device having a network communication device to provide communication between said electronic device and said network over a first network communication channel; and
an end user mobile device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver having a communication protocol that matches a communication protocol of the ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver of said electronic device;
said end user mobile device having a network communication device to provide communication between said end user mobile device and said network over a second network communication channel;
said electronic device transmitting, via the ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver of said electronic device, identification and network configuration information for said electronic device to said end user mobile device and said end user mobile device receiving the identification and network configuration information for said electronic device;
said end user mobile device, based upon the received identification and network configuration information for said electronic device, establishing a communication connection, via said network, with said electronic device.
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Abstract
A system and method enable a local area network connected mobile device to discover, via an ancillary wireless communication channel, a local area network connected device and install the appropriate driver and network configuration information when the mobile device and network connected device are brought into physical close proximity with each other.
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1. A system for enabling an end user mobile device to acquire network identification and network configuration information for a networked connected device via an ancillary wireless communication channel to enable a communication therebetween, comprising:
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a network providing a plurality of network communication channels; an electronic device connected to said local area network, said electronic device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver, said electronic device having a network communication device to provide communication between said electronic device and said network over a first network communication channel; and an end user mobile device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver having a communication protocol that matches a communication protocol of the ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver of said electronic device; said end user mobile device having a network communication device to provide communication between said end user mobile device and said network over a second network communication channel; said electronic device transmitting, via the ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver of said electronic device, identification and network configuration information for said electronic device to said end user mobile device and said end user mobile device receiving the identification and network configuration information for said electronic device; said end user mobile device, based upon the received identification and network configuration information for said electronic device, establishing a communication connection, via said network, with said electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method to enable an end user mobile device to acquire network identification and network configuration information for a networked connected device via an ancillary wireless communication channel to enable a communication therebetween, comprising:
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placing an end user mobile device in close physical proximity to an electronic device connected to a network, the electronic device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver and a network communication device to provide communication between the electronic device and the network over a first network communication channel, the end user mobile device having an ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver having a communication protocol that matches a communication protocol of the ancillary wireless communication transmitter/receiver of the electronic device and a network communication device to provide communication between the end user mobile device and the network over a second network communication channel; establishing an ancillary wireless communication connection between the end user mobile device and the electronic device when the end user mobile device is located in close proximity to the electronic device; obtaining, by the end user mobile device, network configuration connection information for the electronic device from the electronic device via the established ancillary wireless communication connection; and establishing, by the end user mobile device, a communication connection, via the network, between the end user mobile device and the electronic device based upon the obtained network configuration connection information for the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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