Patent ID: 9713003
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

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