Establishing a secure wireless network with minimum human intervention
First Claim
1. A method of connecting a device to a secure network for one or more playback devices, the method comprising:
- receiving a manual user action at a zone player that is unconfigured for a secure network, wherein the manual user action initiates an automatic establishment of a connection to the secure network by the zone player;
transmitting, by the zone player responsive to the manual user action, a first message over an unsecure network to be received by a device configured for the secure network, wherein the first message indicates that the zone player is available to join the secure network;
receiving, over the unsecure network by the zone player, a second message from the device, wherein the second message is generated responsive to receipt of the first message and wherein the second message includes a security parameter to be used by the zone player to join the secure network; and
establishing a connection to the secure network by the zone player using the security parameter without further input by any user via either the zone player or the device.
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Abstract
Techniques for automatically configuring necessary parameters of a device to be coupled to a network with minimum human intervention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wired and/or wireless Ad-hoc network is established to facilitate communications among a group of devices. When a new device is added to the network, a rudimentary communication path is initially established between one of the devices in the network and the new device such that necessary parameters (e.g., SSID, WEP security, channel frequency) can be exchanged for the new device to function properly in the network. To ensure the parameters are exchanged in a secure fashion, an additional public security procedure can be used between the two devices.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of connecting a device to a secure network for one or more playback devices, the method comprising:
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receiving a manual user action at a zone player that is unconfigured for a secure network, wherein the manual user action initiates an automatic establishment of a connection to the secure network by the zone player; transmitting, by the zone player responsive to the manual user action, a first message over an unsecure network to be received by a device configured for the secure network, wherein the first message indicates that the zone player is available to join the secure network; receiving, over the unsecure network by the zone player, a second message from the device, wherein the second message is generated responsive to receipt of the first message and wherein the second message includes a security parameter to be used by the zone player to join the secure network; and establishing a connection to the secure network by the zone player using the security parameter without further input by any user via either the zone player or the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for execution by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed, facilitating connection of a device to a secure network via a method comprising:
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receiving a manual user action at a zone player that is unconfigured for a secure network, wherein the manual user action initiates an automatic establishment of a connection to the secure network by the zone player; transmitting, by the zone player responsive to the manual user action, a first message over an unsecure network to be received by a device configured for the secure network, wherein the first message indicates that the zone player is available to join the secure network; receiving, over the unsecure network by the zone player, a second message from the device, wherein the second message is generated responsive to receipt of the first message and wherein the second message includes a security parameter to be used by the zone player to join the secure network; and establishing a connection to the secure network by the zone player using the security parameter without further input by any user via either the zone player or the device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A multimedia device for multimedia playback in a network, the device comprising:
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a memory to store data and instructions; a processor to execute the instructions in the memory; and a network interface to facilitate a data flow between a data network and the multimedia device, wherein the processor and the network interface are to facilitate; receiving a manual user action, wherein the manual user action initiates an automatic establishment of a connection to the secure network by the multimedia device; transmitting of a first message responsive to the manual user action over an unsecure network to be received by a second device configured for a secure network, wherein the first message indicates that the multimedia device is available to join the secure network; receiving, over the unsecure network by the multimedia device, a second message from the second device, wherein the second message is generated responsive to receipt of the first message and wherein the second message includes a security parameter to be used by the multimedia device to join the secure network; and establishing a connection to the secure network by the multimedia device using the security parameter without further input by any user via either the multimedia device or the second device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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