Join key provisioning of wireless devices
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1. A method of provisioning a wireless device to join a wireless mesh network, the method comprising:
- creating an association of a device ID that uniquely identifies the wireless device with a network manager of the wireless mesh network;
generating a join key, and storing the join key and a network ID on a handheld device without revealing the join key to a human user; and
providing the join key and the network ID from the handheld device to the wireless device through a secure data communication, without revealing the join key to a human user;
wherein the human user at no point has access to the join key.
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Abstract
Wireless devices are provisioned to join a wireless mesh network by writing an individual or common join key and network identification information to the wireless device, and creating an association of the wireless device with a gateway of the network by providing the gateway with a unique device identifier for the wireless device. The writing of the join key to the wireless device is achieved without revealing the join key to a user.
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1. A method of provisioning a wireless device to join a wireless mesh network, the method comprising:
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creating an association of a device ID that uniquely identifies the wireless device with a network manager of the wireless mesh network; generating a join key, and storing the join key and a network ID on a handheld device without revealing the join key to a human user; and providing the join key and the network ID from the handheld device to the wireless device through a secure data communication, without revealing the join key to a human user; wherein the human user at no point has access to the join key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18)
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11. A method of provisioning a wireless device to join a wireless network, the method comprising:
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querying the wireless device for a device ID that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and storing the device ID on a handheld device; selecting at the handheld device a gateway of the wireless network that the wireless device is to join; automatically retrieving or generating a network ID and randomly generating a join key at the handheld device without revealing the join key to a human user; providing the join key and the network ID from the handheld device to the wireless device by secure data communication, without revealing the join key to a human user; associating the device ID with the join key provided; and communicating the device ID and associated join key from the handheld device to the gateway selected. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of provisioning a wireless device to join a wireless mesh network, the method comprising:
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loading a network ID onto a handheld device; generating a join key, and storing the join key on the handheld device without revealing the join key to a human user; querying the wireless device for a device ID with the handheld device, and storing the device ID on the handheld device; transmitting the network ID and the join key from the handheld device to the wireless device via secure data communication, without revealing the join key to a human user; and transmitting the device ID from the handheld device to a network server; wherein the human user at no point has access to the join key.
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