Facilitating network login
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for connecting first and second portable electronic devices, that are commonly owned by a user, to a secure wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
- receiving into a first portable electronic device a set of credentials, the set of credentials to include a wireless local area network (WLAN) service set identifier (SSID) and a network key, the set of credentials to allow the first device to connect to a secure WLAN having the SSID;
using the set of credentials to connect the first device to the secure WLAN as a node of the secure WLAN;
accessing a data structure that is stored in the first device, wherein the data structure identifies a family of commonly owned devices of a user, by an association between the first device and a second portable electronic device; and
thencreating a message for wireless transmission, wherein the message includes the set of credentials for directly accessing by the second portable electronic device the secure WLAN and is adapted to be delivered to the second portable electronic device; and
transmitting the message by the first device, wherein the message is addressed to the second device.
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Abstract
A system and method for transmitting user credentials to another device. According to some embodiments, a method is described of receiving into a first portable electronic device a set of credentials from a user, the set of credentials to include a WLAN SSID and a network key, the set of credentials to allow the first device to connect to the WLAN. The set of credentials is used to connect the first device to the WLAN. The first device creates a message for wireless transmission, the message includes the set of credentials for accessing the WLAN and is adapted to be delivered to a second device. Finally, the first device transmits the message over the air, wherein the message is addressed to the second device. The second device receives the message and uses the credentials in the message to connect to the WLAN. Other embodiments are also described.
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1. A computer-implemented method for connecting first and second portable electronic devices, that are commonly owned by a user, to a secure wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising:
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receiving into a first portable electronic device a set of credentials, the set of credentials to include a wireless local area network (WLAN) service set identifier (SSID) and a network key, the set of credentials to allow the first device to connect to a secure WLAN having the SSID; using the set of credentials to connect the first device to the secure WLAN as a node of the secure WLAN; accessing a data structure that is stored in the first device, wherein the data structure identifies a family of commonly owned devices of a user, by an association between the first device and a second portable electronic device; and
thencreating a message for wireless transmission, wherein the message includes the set of credentials for directly accessing by the second portable electronic device the secure WLAN and is adapted to be delivered to the second portable electronic device; and transmitting the message by the first device, wherein the message is addressed to the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display screen; a touch sensitive input device at the display screen; a plurality of wireless communications transceivers including a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver; a processor; and memory having stored therein a user interface to accept a service set identifier (SSID) and a network key, a wireless local area network (WLAN) connection module to connect, using the WLAN transceiver and the network key, the portable electronic device as a node of a secure WLAN having the SSID, a data structure that identifies a family of commonly owned devices of a user, by an association between the portable electronic device and another portable electronic device as being commonly owned devices of the user, and a communications module to access the data structure and prepare a message, containing the SSID and the network key, that is addressed to said another portable electronic device and is for said another portable electronic device to connect directly to said WLAN, and to have the message transmitted to said another portable electronic device using one of the wireless communications transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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