Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-configuration of wireless connections
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Application No.: US16435038Application Date: 2019-06-07
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Publication No.: US11190398B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Anders Johan Oedlund
- Applicant: TIVO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: TIVO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TIVO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W48/16 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and/or systems for self-configuration of an electronic device to a wireless network is provided, which includes a wireless communication interface, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs stored in the memory which comprise instructions for the wireless communication interface to send a plurality of multicast packets to a plurality of specific destination addresses. The plurality of multicast packets includes encoded messages in the plurality of specific destination addresses that allow a wireless connection device, with wireless capable hardware, to automatically configure itself to be able to access a wireless network. According to various embodiments, the wireless network may be a secure wireless network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190296970A1 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS CONNECTIONS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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