Cloud device identification and authentication

摘要

Methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices, and in particular, methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices that are communicating with and may be monitored and/or controlled by a remote (e.g., cloud) server.

主权项

1. A method of automatic and hands-free provisioning a network device to communicate with a network, the method comprising:
attaching a bridging device to the network device; wirelessly transmitting information about the network device from the bridging device to the handheld computing device; transmitting an identifier of a second network and the information about the network device from the handheld computing device to a cloud computing environment; transmitting provisioning information from the handheld computing device to the network device; provisioning the network device with the provisioning information; and removing the bridging device from the network device, wherein the network device is configured to communicate with the cloud computing environment through the selected second network directly.