Patent ID: 9590817
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: transmitting, on a network device, a query, wherein the query includes a request for identifying a primary gateway in a local area network, wherein the primary gateway provides devices connected to the local area network with access to a wide area network, wherein access to the local area network is provided to one or more network devices by multiple gateway devices, and wherein the multiple gateway devices include the primary gateway; receiving a response to the query, wherein the response includes an identifier associated with the primary gateway; transmitting credentials of the primary gateway, wherein the credentials include the identifier associated with the primary gateway, wherein the credentials are used to associate the network device with a single logical network in the local area network, wherein the primary gateway is registered as the single logical network using the credentials, wherein a network identifier is assigned to the single logical network, wherein a mobile device registered with the single logical network is provided with access to network devices associated with the local area network, and wherein the mobile device is limited to connecting to network devices associated with one logical network at a time; and receiving the network identifier, wherein the network identifier associates the network device with the single logical network, and wherein the network identifier facilitates connection of the mobile device with the network devices.