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System and method for providing wireless network configuration information

  • US 8,953,491 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2012
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable computing device for configuring wireless network settings based on received wireless network-information, comprising:

  • an input device configured to receive wireless network information directly from a network device generating a wireless network to facilitate communication with a plurality of peripheral devices that are client devices to the network device, the wireless network information including information to facilitate configuration of a client device to communicate on the wireless network through the network device,wherein the input device can receive the wireless network information without communicating on the wireless network that is generated by the network device;

    a network configuration application for configuring one or more wireless network settings to initiate wireless network communication through the network device based on the received wireless network information; and

    an output device configured to communicate the one or more wireless network setting to at least one of the client devices,wherein the network configuration application is configured to facilitate communication of the received wireless network information to the client device.

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