IP Library Granted Patent US 8,176,148
Granted Patent B2
US 8,176,148 · App. 11/756,080 · Granted May 8, 2012

Method and system for wireless network configuration

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Patent No.
US 8,176,148
App. No.
11/756,080
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for identifying information associated with a remote user system and/or a wireless system, determining the compatibility of the remote user system and a wireless system, formulating one or more configuration plans for the remote user system and/or a wireless system and automatically implementing one or more configuration plans to establish a wireless network.

Claims (28)

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a network connection with a remote user system via a wireless system;

identifying one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system;

identifying one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system, wherein the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system comprise one or more hardware characteristics and one or more software characteristics associated with the wireless system;

determining a capability of the remote user system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system;

determining a capability of the wireless system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system;

formulating one or more configuring plans based at least in part on a comparison of the capability of the remote user system with the capability of the wireless system; and

automatically configuring the remote user system and the wireless system according to the one or more configuration plans to establish a wireless network between the remote user system and the wireless system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises identifying one or more hardware characteristics and one or more software characteristics associated with the remote user system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more hardware characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises one or more of wireless card, processor, RAM, ROM and bus connections.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more software characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises one or more of software operating system and wireless card driver software.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises manually inputting the one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparison of the capability of the remote user system with the capability of the wireless system comprises determining compatibility of the remote user system and the wireless system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system and the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware characteristics associated with the wireless system comprises one or more of wireless router characteristics, and modem characteristics.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more software characteristics associated with the wireless system comprises one or more of network identification, security encryption, security keys and encryption protocols.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system comprises manually inputting the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system.

10. A system, comprising:

a remote user system to establish a network connection via a wireless system;

an identification module to identify one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system and identify one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system, wherein the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system comprise one or more hardware characteristics and one or more software characteristics associated with the wireless system;

a computing module to determine a capability of the remote user system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system and a capability of the wireless system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system, the computer module to further formulate one or more configuration plans based at least in part on a comparison of the capability of the remote user system with the capability of the wireless system; and

an automatic implementation module to automatically configure the remote user system and the wireless system according to the one or more configuration plans to establish a wireless network between the remote user system and the wireless system.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the identification module to identify one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises identify one or more hardware characteristics and one or more software characteristics associated with the remote user system.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more hardware characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises one or more of wireless card, processor, RAM, ROM and bus connections.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more software characteristics associated with the remote user system comprises one or more of software operating system and wireless card driver software.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein comparison of the capability of the remote user system with the capability of the wireless system comprises the computing module to determine compatibility of the remote user system and the wireless system based at least in part on the one or more characteristics associated with the remote user system and the one or more characteristics associated with the wireless system.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more hardware charaeristics associated with the wireless system comprises one or more of wireless router characteristics, and modem characteristics.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more software characteristics associated with the wireless system comprises one or more of network identification, security encryption, security keys and encryption protocols.

17. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: TP-LINK USA CORPORATION
To: TP-LINK SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 069715/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
To: TP-LINK USA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066608/0924 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2009
From: VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 023235/0374 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2007
From: SAVKAR, PRAVIN S.
To: VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 019368/0489 →