Wireless device setup
View Patent ↗A computer computes an SSID and a key from a string. The computer wirelessly accesses a wireless-access-device preconfigured with the SSID and the key.
1. A wireless-device set-up method comprising:
providing a string to a wireless-enabled computer, wherein the string is presented in human-readable form on a human-readable label;
computing, by said computer, an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a key from said string;
using, by said computer, said SSID and said key to wirelessly connect to a first wireless-access-point device that is pre-configured with said SSID and said key prior to said providing.
2. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 further comprising removing said first wireless-access-point device and the human-readable label presenting said string in human-readable form from packaging.
3. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in any of claim 1 or 2 further comprising a manufacturer configuring said first wireless-access-point device with said SSID and said key.
4. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 further comprising packaging with said human-readable label said first wireless-access-point device configured with said SSID and said key.
5. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 further comprising installing a program on said computer for computing said SSID and said key from said string.
6. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 5 further comprising packaging computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with said program with said first wireless-access-point device, said installing involving said computer reading said program from said medium.
7. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 1 wherein said wirelessly connecting involves wirelessly connecting to said first wireless-access-point device and detecting but not connecting to a second wireless-access-point device.
8. A package comprising:
a wireless-access-point device pre-configured with an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a first key;
a human-readable label presenting a string in human-readable form; and
computer-readable storage media encoded with computer-executable code, said code, when executed by a computer, providing for computing said SSID and said key from said string after said wireless-access-point device has been pre-configured with said SSID and said first key.
9. A package as recited in claim 8 wherein said code, when executed by a computer, further provides for connecting said computer to said wireless-access-point device.
10. A package as recited in any of claim 8 or 9 wherein said wireless-access-point device is configured with said string as a WPS key.
11. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 2 further comprising packaging said first wireless-access-point device, configured with said SSID and said key, with said human-readable label.
12. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 3 further comprising packaging said first wireless-access-point device, configured with said SSID and said key, with said human-readable label.
13. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 2 further comprising installing a program on said computer for computing said SSID and said key from said string.
14. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 13 wherein said packaging involves packaging computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with said program with said first wireless-access-point device, said installing involving said computer reading said program from said medium.
15. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 3 further comprising installing a program on said computer for computing said SSID and said key from said string.
16. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 15 wherein said packaging involves packaging computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with said program with said first wireless-access-point device, said installing involving said computer reading said program from said medium.
17. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 4 further comprising installing a program on said computer for computing said SSID and said key from said string.
18. A wireless-device set-up method as recited in claim 17 wherein said packaging involves packaging computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with said program with said first wireless-access-point device, said installing involving said computer reading said program from said medium.