Patent ID: 9686682
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving, at an existing network device on a network, an indication that a set of new network devices have generated setup access points, wherein the set of new network devices includes multiple network devices; establishing a connection with the setup access points of the set of new network devices; receiving new network device identification information associated with the network devices in the set of network devices, wherein new network device identification information includes information identifying the network devices in the set of new network devices; transmitting, by the existing network device, a communication to each network device in the set of new network devices; receiving a response from each network device in the set of new network devices that received a communication; analyzing one or more characteristics of the received responses to determine a characteristic associated with the responses; establishing a network device group, wherein the network device group includes network devices associated with the determined characteristic of the responses; and transmitting the new network device identification information associated with the network devices in the network device group, wherein when the new network device identification information is received, the new network device identification information facilitates generating one or more authorization queries to the new network devices in the network device group to join the network, and wherein the network devices in the network device group join the network using the one or more authorization queries.