ESTABLISHING A SECURE WIRELESS NETWORK WITH A MINIMUM HUMAN INTERVENTION

• US 20150326431A1
• Filed: 07/20/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
• Inventors: Millington, Nicholas A.J., Hainsworth, Paul V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,787,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/065 for group communications cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management involving conference or group key H04L9/0833
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 : in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 : Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 : Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 : Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An example method disclosed herein includes receiving, at a controller device, a user input; based on the user input, displaying a prompt to direct a user to press one or more buttons on a playback device; subsequently, receiving from the playback device over a first network, network information associated with the playback device; determining, based on the received network information, that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network; based on a determination that the network information is not a part of a secure playback network, generating network parameters for a secure second network; subsequently, (i) joining the secure second network based on the generated network parameters, and (ii) causing the playback device to join the secure second network based on the generated network parameters; and displaying an indication that the controller device and the playback device have joined the secure second network.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a controller device to perform functions comprising:

receiving, at the controller device, a user input;

based on the user input, displaying a prompt to direct a user to press one or more buttons on a playback device;

subsequently, receiving from the playback device over a first network, network information associated with the playback device;

determining, based on the received network information, that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network;

based on a determination that the network information is not a part of a secure playback network, generating network parameters for a secure second network;

subsequently, (i) joining the secure second network based on the generated network parameters, and (ii) causing the playback device to join the secure second network based on the generated network parameters; and

displaying an indication that the controller device and the playback device have joined the secure second network.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein determining that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network comprises:

determining that the received network information comprises an empty network security parameter field.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

based on the user input, entering a listening mode;

while in the listening mode, receiving from the playback device, a message indicating that the playback device is available; and

responsive to the message, transmitting to the playback device, a request for the network information associated with the playback device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the message indicating the playback device is available is transmitted in response to the one or more buttons being pressed at the playback device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein entering the listening mode comprises:

entering the listening mode for a predetermined duration of time.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

sending to the playback device over the secure second network, command to cause the playback device to perform a media playback function.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

displaying a prompt for the user to indicate a display name associated with the playback device; and

transmitting to the playback device, data indicating the display name.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the functions further comprise:

prior to displaying the indication that the controller device and the playback device have joined the secure second network, receiving from the playback device, a message confirming that the playback device has joined the secure second network.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein receiving from the playback device, the message confirming that the playback device has joined the secure second network comprises:

receiving from the message from the playback device over the secure second network.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, at a controller device, a user input;

based on the user input, displaying a prompt to direct a user to press one or more buttons on a playback device;

subsequently, receiving from the playback device over a first network, network information associated with the playback device;

determining, based on the received network information, that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network;

based on a determination that the network information is not a part of a secure playback network, generating network parameters for a secure second network;

subsequently, (i) joining the secure second network based on the generated network parameters, and (ii) causing the playback device to join the secure second network based on the generated network parameters; and

displaying an indication that the controller device and the playback device have joined the secure second network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network comprises:

determining that the received network information comprises an empty network security parameter field.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the functions further comprise:

based on the user input, entering a listening mode;

while in the listening mode, receiving from the playback device, a message indicating that the playback device is available; and

responsive to the message, transmitting to the playback device, a request for the network information associated with the playback device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

sending to the playback device over the secure second network, command to cause the playback device to perform a media playback function.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a prompt for the user to indicate a display name associated with the playback device; and

transmitting to the playback device, data indicating the display name.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

prior to displaying the indication that the controller device and the playback device have joined the secure second network, receiving from the playback device, a message confirming that the playback device has joined the secure second network.

16. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising;

receiving, at the computing device, a user input;

based on the user input, displaying a prompt to direct a user to press one or more buttons on a playback device;

subsequently, receiving from the playback device over a first network, network information associated with the playback device;

determining, based on the received network information, that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network;

based on a determination that the network information is not a part of a secure playback network, generating network parameters for a secure second network;

subsequently, (i) joining the secure second network based on the generated network parameters, and (ii) causing the playback device to join the secure second network based on the generated network parameters; and

displaying an indication that the computing device and the playback device have joined the secure second network.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein determining that the playback device is not a part of a secure playback network comprises:

determining that the received network information comprises an empty network security parameter field.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

based on the user input, entering a listening mode;

while in the listening mode, receiving from the playback device, a message indicating that the playback device is available; and

responsive to the message, transmitting to the playback device, a request for the network information associated with the playback device.

19. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

displaying a prompt for the user to indicate a display name associated with the playback device; and

transmitting to the playback device, data indicating the display name.

20. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

prior to displaying the indication that the computing device and the playback device have joined the secure second network, receiving from the playback device, a message confirming that the playback device has joined the secure second network.