Patent ID: 8429403
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: generating, by a first device, a first public key and a first private key, transmitting, from the first device to a second device via a first private network and based on the first private key, information that includes the device identifier and the first public key, the second device differing from the first device, and the second device generating, based on the information, a second public key and a second private key; receiving, at the first device and from second device via the first private network, the second public key and the second private key; transmitting, from the first device to a third device, the device identifier, the first public key and the second public key, the third device differing from the first device and the second device, the third device being associated with a second private network that differs from the first private network, and third device identifying, based on the device identifier, a device type, of a plurality of different device types, associated with the first device and selecting, based on the identified device type, configuration information that enables the first device to operate on the second private network; establishing, by the first device, a secure connection with the third device using the first public key and the second public key; receiving, by the first device and via the secure connection, the configuration information from the third device; and connecting, by the first device and based on the configuration information, to the second private network.