RETAIL TRIGGERED DEVICE CONFIGURATION SETUP

• US 20160055469A1
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Belkin International Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Ryan Yong, Son, EuChong
• Application Number:
  US14/462,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/308 using the Internet of Things
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to retail triggered device configuration setup. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for efficient setup of a purchased device on a network using information generated by a retailer at the point of sale. More specifically, exemplary embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for receiving, at a computing device connected to an established network device on a network, a transaction communication including an indication that a new network device has been acquired; transmitting data to the established network device, wherein the data includes identification information associated with the new network device; receiving a join query, wherein the join query includes a request to authorize the new network device to join a network; and transmitting a response to the join query, wherein the response includes an authorization for the new network device to join the network.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a computing device connected to an established network device on a network, a transaction communication including an indication that a new network device has been acquired;

transmitting data to the established network device, wherein the data includes identification information associated with the new network device;

receiving a join query, wherein the join query includes a request to authorize the new network device to join a network; and

transmitting a response to the join query, wherein the response includes an authorization for the new network device to join the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction communication includes identification data related to the acquirer of the new network device.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the transaction communication includes an indication that the new network device has been acquired.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the new network device was associated with the established network device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an account query, wherein the account query includes a request to create a network account associated with the established network device; and

transmitting a network communication, the network communication including data associated with the network account.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a query including a request to verify that a network account is associated with the established network device; and

transmitting a response to the query including an indication that the network account is associated with the established network device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving an association communication including an indication that a new network device is associated with the network account.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is received from a gateway on the network, and wherein the gateway is communicatively coupled to the new network device.

9. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including;

receiving, at a computing device connected to an established network device on a network, a transaction communication including an indication that a new network device has been acquired;

transmitting data to the established network device, wherein the data includes identification information associated with the new network device;

receiving a join query, wherein the query includes a request to authorize the new network device to join a network; and

transmitting a response to the join query, wherein the response includes an authorization for the new network device to join the network.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the transaction communication includes identification data related to the acquirer of the new network device.

11. The computing device of claim 9,

wherein the transaction communication includes identification data related to the acquirer of the new network device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the new network device was associated with the established network device.

13. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

receiving an account query, wherein the account query includes a request to create a network account associated with the established network device; and

transmitting a network communication, the network communication including data associated with the network account.

14. The computing device of claim 9, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

receiving a query including a request to verify that a network account is associated with the established network device; and

transmitting a response to the query including an indication that the network account is associated with the established network device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

receiving an association communication including an indication that a new network device is associated with the network account.

16. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the query is received from a gateway on the network, and wherein the gateway is communicatively coupled to the new network device.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive, at a computing device connected to an established network device on a network, a transaction communication including an indication that a new network device has been acquired;

transmit data to the established network device, wherein the data includes identification information associated with the new network device;

receive a join query, wherein the query includes a request to authorize the new network device to join a network; and

transmit a response to the join query, wherein the response includes an authorization for the new network device to join the network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the transaction communication includes identification data related to the acquirer of the new network device.

19. The method of claim 17,

wherein the transaction communication includes identification data related to the acquirer of the new network device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the new network device was associated with the established network device.

21-24. -24. (canceled)