IP Library Granted Patent US 11,395,144
Granted Patent B2
US 11,395,144 · App. 16/993,653 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Providing router password to devices

Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04W12/068H04L63/083
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,395,144
App. No.
16/993,653
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, an indication of a change of a password of the device to a new password; identifying one or more devices wirelessly connected to the device, wherein the one or more device have connected to the device using a device password previous to the new password; and providing the new password to at least a subset of the one or more devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a device, an indication of a change of a password of the device to a new password, wherein the device stores a plurality of versions of the device password previously used for obtaining connection to a network;

identifying one or more devices wirelessly connected to the device, wherein the one or more devices have connected to the device using a device password previous to the new password, wherein the identifying the one or more devices comprises utilizing a device identifier and a connection status of the one or more devices, wherein the connection status is selected from a group consisting of: currently connected and previously connected; and

providing the new password to at least a subset of the one or more devices, wherein the providing the new device password comprises automatically updating a stored device password for each of the one or more devices upon connection to the device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a graphical user interface comprising a listing of the one or more devices;

wherein the providing is based upon user authentications provided in the graphical user interface.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the graphical interface comprises a list of each device that has connected to the device over time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device stores a version of the device password used by each of the one or more devices to connect to the device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a subset of the one or more devices comprise devices that historically connected to the device but are not currently connected to the device.

6. The method of claim 5 , comprising, responsive to one of the devices of the at least a subset attempting to connect to the device subsequent to implementation of the new password, receiving, at the device, a previous device password used by the one of the devices;

authenticating, at the device, the one of the devices; and

providing, from the device, the new password to the one of the devices.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the authenticating and the providing is responsive to receiving authorization from the user for the device identifier corresponding to the one of the devices to be updated with the new password.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises automatically providing the new password to all devices currently connected to the device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing is responsive to receiving user authorizations providing an indicator of device identifiers for the devices of the one or more devices that the device is authorized to update with the new password.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive, at the information handling device comprising a device, an indication of a change of password of the device to a new password, wherein the device stores a plurality of versions of the device password previously used for obtaining connection to a network;

identify one or more devices wirelessly connected to the device wherein the one or more devices have connected to the device using a device password previous to the new password, wherein to identify the one or more devices comprises utilizing a device identifier and a connection status of the one or more devices, wherein the connection status is selected from a group consisting of: currently connected and previously connected; and

provide the new password to devices of the one or more devices and identified within the user authorizations wherein to provide the new device password comprises automatically updating a stored device password for each of the one or more devices upon connection to the device.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor comprise instructions to present a graphical user interface comprising a listing of the one or more devices;

wherein to provide is based upon user authentications provided in the graphical user interface.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the graphical user interface comprises a list of each device that has connected to the device over time.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the device stores a version of the device password used by each of the one or more devices to connect to the device.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein at least a subset of the one or more devices comprise devices that historically connected to the device but are not currently connected to the device.

15. The information handling device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor comprise instructions to, responsive to one the devices of the at least a subset attempting to connect to the device subsequent to implementation of the new password, receive, at the device, a previous device password used by the one of the devices;

authenticate, at the device, the one of the devices; and

provide, from the device, the new password to the one of the devices.

16. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein to authenticate and to provide is responsive to receiving authorization from the user for the device identifier corresponding to the one of the devices to be updated with the new password.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to provide comprises to automatically provide the new password to all the devices currently connected to the device.

18. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that receives, at a device, an indication of a change of a password of the device to a new password, wherein the device stores a plurality of versions of the device password previously used for obtaining connection to a network;

code that identifies one or more devices wirelessly connected to the device, wherein the one or more devices have connected to the device using a device password previous to the new password, wherein the code that identifies the one or more devices comprises utilizing a device identifier and a connection status of the one or more devices, wherein the connection status is selected from a group consisting of: currently connected and previously connected; and

code that provides, the new password to devices of the one or more devices and identified within the user authorizations wherein the code that provides the new device password comprises automatically updating a stored device password for each of the one or more devices upon connection to the device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0028 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2020
From: WEKSLER, ARNOLD S.; MESE, JOHN CARL; PETERSON, NATHAN J.; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054639/0327 →