Patent ID: 11895493
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, upon execution on a first device, cause the first device to perform operations comprising:
determining a trigger event associated with operating in a first mode of the first device, the trigger event comprising at least one of: a power on of the first device, a reboot of the first device, a dissociation of the first device from an access point of a home network, or a connection attempt of the first device to the home network;
switching an operational mode of the first device to the first mode, the first device capable of wireless data reception and incapable of wireless data transmission in the first mode;
while operating in the first mode:
receiving, from a second device that is different from the access point, a first management frame requesting a first association between the first device and the second device, the first management frame comprising a first secret,
determining a second secret from local memory of the first device, and
validating the first secret by at least comparing the first secret and the second secret;

switching the operational mode of the first device from the first mode to a setup mode after the secret is validated, the first device capable of associating with the access point and incapable of wireless data transmission to the second device in the setup mode;
while operating in the setup mode:
receiving, from the second device, a service set identifier (SSID) and a credential of the access point, the SSID and the credential received absent a request from the first device to the second device for the SSID and the credential and absent a request from the first device to the second device to establish a connection between the first device and the second device, and
associating with the access point by sending, to the access point, a second management frame requesting a second association that is between the first device and the access point and that uses the SSID and the credential; and

switching the operational mode of the first device from the setup mode to a client mode upon the second association with the access point, the first device connected to the home network in the client mode.