WIRELESS DEVICE SETUP

• US 20110299686A1
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Saboff, Michael L., Baltes, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 8,724,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/274
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A computer computes an SSID and a key from a string. The computer wirelessly accesses a wireless-access-device preconfigured with the SSID and the key.

Claims

1. A wireless-device set-up method comprising:

providing a string to a wireless-enabled computer;

said computer computing an SSID and a key from said string;

said computer using said SSID and said key to wirelessly connect to a first wireless-access-point device that is pre-configured with said SSID and said key.

2. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 further comprising removing said wireless-access-point device and a human-readable label presenting said string in human-readable form from packaging.

3. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in any of claims 1 or 2 further comprising a manufacturer configuring said device with said SSID and said key.

4. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in any of claims 1-3 further comprising packaging with said label said wireless-access-point device configured with said SSID and said key.

5. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in any of claims 1-4 further comprising installing a program on said computer for computing said SSID and said key from said string.

6. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 5 wherein said packaging involves packaging computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with said program, said installing involving said computer reading said program from said medium.

7. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 wherein said wirelessly connecting involves wireless connecting to said first wireless-access-point device and detecting but not connecting to a second wireless-access-point device.

8. A package comprising:

a wireless-access-point device pre-configured with an SSID and a first key;

a human-readable label presenting a string in human-readable form; and

computer-readable storage media encoded with computer-executable code, said code, when executed by a computer, providing for computing said SSID and said key from said string.

9. A package as recited in claim 8 wherein said code, when executed by a computer, further provides for connecting said computer to said wireless-access point device.

10. A package as recited in any of claims 8 or 9 wherein said wireless-access point device is configured with said string as a WPS key.