Connecting a device to a wireless network

摘要

Transmitting messages via one or more beacon signals is disclosed. The beacon signals may be generated by a transmitting device by partitioning the message into a plurality of segments, such that each of the message segments do not exceed a segment length that may be carried by the beacon signals transmitted by the transmitting device. A receiving device may receive the beacon signals carrying the segments of the message and reconstitute the message from the received beacon signals. The transmitted message may include wireless network credentials, that when reconstituted, may be used by the receiving device to connect to a wireless network, such as a WiFi network.

主权项

1. An electronic device, comprising:
at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; at least one processor that accesses the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instructions to:
receive a beacon signal comprising a request for an encryption key, the request having a code that identifies a second device;identify a message to transmit to the second device, the message comprising the encryption key;obtain a first segment of the message and a first index corresponding to the first segment;generate a first string using the first segment and the first index;transmit a first plurality of beacon signals during a first period of time, the first plurality of beacon signals including a first beacon signal, wherein a service set identifier (SSID) field of the first beacon signal comprises the first string and a protocol indicator indicative of the first beacon signal carrying a segmented message;obtain a second segment of the message and a second index corresponding to the second segment;generate a second string using the second segment, and the second index;transmit a second plurality of beacon signals during a second period of time after the first period of time, the second plurality of beacon signals including a second beacon signal, wherein a second service set identifier field of the second beacon signal comprises the second string;receive, from the second device, a third beacon signal indicative of receipt of the first segment of the message; andreceive, from the second device, a fourth beacon signal indicative of receipt of the second segment of the message.