Configuring wireless access points
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a wireless access point in a home network, the method comprising:
- detecting that a wired connection has been established between a wireless access point and a home-networking gateway associated with a home network;
in response to detecting that the wired connection has been established between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway, automatically establishing a communications session over the wired connection between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway;
accessing wireless configuration information at the home-networking gateway, the wireless configuration information being useful to configure wireless access points to enable wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and one or more wireless devices on the home network through the wireless access points;
using the automatically established communications session to communicate the accessed wireless configuration information over the wired connection between the home-networking gateway and the wireless access point; and
establishing wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and a wireless device on the home network through the wireless access point based, at least in part, on the wireless configuration information communicated to the wireless access point from the home-networking gateway.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for the configuration of a home-networking system. Home-networking configuration information may be stored on a host system in a manner accessible to the home-networking system and migrated to a home-networking gateway or router that has not yet been configured. Wireless configuration information may be stored on a home-networking gateway or router and used to configure one or more wireless access points through the use of a physical connection, such as a wired communications pathway. One or more wireless home-networking devices may be configured based on wireless configuration information stored in a central repository on a host system or a home-networking system. The wireless configuration information may be accessible only through the use of a security code.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a wireless access point in a home network, the method comprising:
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detecting that a wired connection has been established between a wireless access point and a home-networking gateway associated with a home network; in response to detecting that the wired connection has been established between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway, automatically establishing a communications session over the wired connection between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway; accessing wireless configuration information at the home-networking gateway, the wireless configuration information being useful to configure wireless access points to enable wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and one or more wireless devices on the home network through the wireless access points; using the automatically established communications session to communicate the accessed wireless configuration information over the wired connection between the home-networking gateway and the wireless access point; and establishing wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and a wireless device on the home network through the wireless access point based, at least in part, on the wireless configuration information communicated to the wireless access point from the home-networking gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 43)
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15. A system for configuring a wireless access point in a home network, the system comprising:
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a means for detecting that a wired connection has been established between a wireless access point and a home-networking gateway; a means for automatically establishing a communications session over the wired connection between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway in response to detecting that the wired connection has been established between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway; a means for accessing wireless configuration information at the home-networking gateway, the wireless configuration information being useful to configure wireless access points to enable wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and one or more wireless devices on the home network through the wireless access points; a means for using the automatically established communications session to communicate the accessed wireless configuration information over the wired connection between the home-networking gateway and the wireless access point; and a means for establishing wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and a wireless device on the home network through the wireless access point based, at least in part, on the wireless configuration information communicated to the wireless access point from the home-networking gateway. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program to configure a wireless access point in a home network, the medium comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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detect that a wired connection has been established between a wireless access point and a home-networking gateway; automatically establish a communications session over the wired connection between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway;
gateway in response to detecting that the wired connection has been established between the wireless access point and the home-networking gateway;access wireless configuration information at the home-networking gateway, the wireless configuration information being useful to configure wireless access points to enable wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and one or more wireless devices on the home network through the wireless access points; use the automatically established communications session to communicate the accessed wireless configuration information over the wired connection between the home-networking gateway and the wireless access point; and establish wireless communications between the home-networking gateway and a wireless device on the home network through the wireless access point based, at least in part, on the wireless configuration information communicated to the wireless access point from the home-networking gateway. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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