Multi-device network setup

摘要

A simplified way of connecting electronic devices with limited user input capabilities to wireless network routers. A smart device with a user interface and input capabilities is connected to a Wifi router and remembers the Wifi variables used for the connection. It is then paired with the electronic device and transfers the Wifi connection variables to the electronic device. The smart device with the first software program has a user interface that facilitates the user initially connecting with a local Wifi router. The connection variables used during the connection process are saved by the smart device. The user may then connect the smart device to the electronic device via a paired communications link and the connection variables for the router are passed over the link. The electronic device executing the second software module connects to the router using the connection variables it received from the smart device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
from a first device, connecting with an access point device providing a wireless Internet connection that requires entry of information about the access point device in order to connect to the wireless Internet connection; entering said information on a user interface of said first device, where the user interface of the first device includes one of a keyboard or a touchscreen; storing, in the first device, connection variables about a connection made with the access point device, where said connection variables include information that allows connecting to the wireless Internet connection; connecting, from the first device, to a second device which has a limited user interface, and sending the information stored about the access point including the connection variables, to the second device and connecting from the second device to the access point device, using the connection variables.