Migrating configuration information based on user identity information
First Claim
1. A method for migrating home-networking configuration information from one router to another router, the method comprising:
- associating home-networking configuration information received and stored at a trusted system from a first router on a home network with a user identity that corresponds to a user of the home network;
establishing a communications session between a user device connected to the home network and the trusted system through a second router that is on the home network and that is located between the user device and the trusted system;
determining that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router; and
based on a determination that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router, accessing the home-networking configuration information stored on the trusted system and sending the accessed home-networking configuration information to the second router.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A method for migrating home-networking configuration information from one router to another router, the method comprising:
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associating home-networking configuration information received and stored at a trusted system from a first router on a home network with a user identity that corresponds to a user of the home network; establishing a communications session between a user device connected to the home network and the trusted system through a second router that is on the home network and that is located between the user device and the trusted system; determining that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router; and based on a determination that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router, accessing the home-networking configuration information stored on the trusted system and sending the accessed home-networking configuration information to the second router. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for migrating home-networking configuration from one router to another router, the system comprising at least one processor connected to a storage device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
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associate home-networking configuration information received and stored at a trusted system from a first router on a home network with a user identity that corresponds to a user of the home network; establish a communications session between a user device connected to the home network and the trusted system through a second router that is on the home network and that is located between the user device and the trusted system; determine that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router; and based on a determination that the communications session is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network and a determination that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router, access the home-networking configuration information stored on the trusted system and send the accessed home-networking configuration information to the second router.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a set of programmable instructions configured to migrate home-networking configuration information from one router to another router, the set of programmable instructions comprising one or more code segments that are executable by at least one processor to:
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associate home-networking configuration information received and stored at a trusted system from a first router on a home network with a user identity that corresponds to a user of the home network; establish a communications session between a user device connected to the home network and the trusted system through a second router that is on the home network and that is located between the user device and the trusted system; determine that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router; and based on a determination that the communications session is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network and a determination that the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network is not maintained on the second router, access the home-networking configuration information stored on the trusted system and send the accessed home-networking configuration information to the second router.
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19. A method for migrating home-networking configuration information from a first router to a second router on a home network, the method comprising:
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associating home-networking configuration information received and stored at a trusted system from the first router with a user identity that corresponds to a user of the home network; establishing a communications session between a user device connected to the home network and the trusted system through the second router that is on the home network and that is located between the user device and the trusted system; determining whether to send the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network to the second router; and based on a determination to send the home-networking configuration information that was received from the first router and that is associated with the user identity that corresponds to the user of the home network to the second router, accessing the home-networking configuration information stored on the trusted system and sending the accessed home-networking configuration information to the second router. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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