Patent ID: 9451462
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at an existing network device on a network, a communication, wherein the communication includes an indication that a new network device is associated with the network, and wherein the network includes an access device and a gateway, the gateway having previously provided the existing network device with access to the network; receiving an indication that the new network device has generated a setup access point; establishing a connection between the existing network device and the setup access point of the new network device; receiving identification information, wherein the identification information includes information identifying the new network device; analyzing the received identification information to determine a characteristic associated with the new network device; determining that an additional new network device is associated with the network; establishing a connection with a setup access point of the additional new network device; receiving additional identification information, where the additional identification information includes information identifying the additional new network device; determining that the characteristic is associated with the additional new network device using the additional identification information; establishing a network device group, wherein the network device group includes network devices associated with the characteristic, and wherein the network device group includes the new network device and the additional new network device; transmitting, by the existing network device, the identification information of the devices in the network device group to the access device, wherein the identification information facilitates generating one or more authorization queries; and generating one or more authorization queries to authorize network devices in the network device group, wherein generating the one or more authorization queries includes using the identification information identifying the new network device and the additional identification information identifying the additional new network device, wherein the authorization queries facilitate authenticating the network devices in the network device group to the gateway, and wherein the network devices in the network device group joined the network using the one or more authentication queries.