Network configuration device
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1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
- an interface component configured to couple to a first computer, the first computer being part of a home network having a gateway device to which multiple end user devices are coupled using wireless security settings for the home network; and
a key configured to couple to the first computer and to extract the wireless security settings for the home network in response to the first computer being connected to the home network, wherein the key includes computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by a processor, output network-device-setup instructions to a display device coupled to the first computer in response to the first computer not being connected to the home network, wherein one of the network-device-setup instructions includes a notification that the first computer is not connected to the home network, and wherein the key is configured to be physically coupled to a second computer and to load the wireless security settings for the home network from the first computer into the second computer without communicating with the first computer or the gateway device.
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Abstract
An article of manufacture includes an interface component configured to couple to a computer, the computer being part of a network having a gateway device. The article further includes a memory component containing computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by the computer, gather network configuration information from the gateway device. The network configuration information is configured to enable an electronic device to join the network.
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17 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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an interface component configured to couple to a first computer, the first computer being part of a home network having a gateway device to which multiple end user devices are coupled using wireless security settings for the home network; and a key configured to couple to the first computer and to extract the wireless security settings for the home network in response to the first computer being connected to the home network, wherein the key includes computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by a processor, output network-device-setup instructions to a display device coupled to the first computer in response to the first computer not being connected to the home network, wherein one of the network-device-setup instructions includes a notification that the first computer is not connected to the home network, and wherein the key is configured to be physically coupled to a second computer and to load the wireless security settings for the home network from the first computer into the second computer without communicating with the first computer or the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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an interface component configured to couple to an electronic device that contains wireless security settings for a network having a gateway device to which multiple end user devices are coupled, wherein the electronic device includes wireless security settings for the home network; and a key having a memory component containing non-transitory computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by a processor in the electronic device, extracts the wireless security settings for the network in response to the electronic device being connected to the home network and outputs network-device-setup instructions to a display device coupled to the electronic device in response to the electronic device not being connected to the home network, wherein one of the network-device-setup instructions includes a notification, and wherein the key is configured to be inserted into a personal computer to load the wireless security settings from the electronic device for the network into the personal computer without communicating with the gateway device or the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a network component; and a key, comprising; an interface component configured to couple to a computer, the computer being part of a network having a gateway device, wherein the computer contains wireless security settings for the network; and a memory component containing non-transitory computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by a processor in the computer, extracts wireless security settings for the network from the computer in response to the computer being connected to the home network and outputs network-device-setup instructions to a display device coupled to the first computer in response to the computer not being connected to the home network, wherein one of the network-device-setup instructions includes a notification that the first computer is not connected to the home network, and wherein the key is configured to be inserted into a first electronic device to load the wireless security settings from the computer for the network into the first electronic device without communicating with the computer or the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a key to a first computer that includes wireless security settings for a network, wherein the network includes a gateway device, the key configured to obtain the wireless security settings for the network from the first computer in response to the first computer being connected to the network and to output network-device-setup instructions to a display device coupled to the first computer in response to the first computer not being connected to the network, wherein one of the network-device-setup instructions includes a notification that the first computer is not connected to the home network; and connecting the key to a second computer, wherein the key is configured to load the wireless security settings for the network into the second computer without communicating with the first computer or the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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