Patent ID: 9288228
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: participating, by a first device, via a first in-band short-range carrier communication connection, in a wireless network managed by at least one of an access point device or a group owner device; exchanging, by the first device, information with a second device that is not connected to the wireless network, over a wireless out-of-band short-range carrier, the exchanging of information comprising: transmitting, by the first device, the received authentication information, to the at least one of the access point device or the group owner device, via the first in-band short-range carrier communication connection, for enabling the access point device or the group owner device to grant access to the second device for joining the wireless network via the second in-band short-range carrier communication connection.