Patent ID: 9191699
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to connect a wireless device to a hidden network without the device or user knowing or typing in the network name, the method comprising: detecting, via a multimedia playback device, a network connection request by the wireless device, wherein the network connection request does not specify an audio network and wherein the audio network is available for connection but hidden such that the wireless device is not aware of the hidden audio network; triggering, via the multimedia playback device, a network connection phase to automatically connect the wireless device to the hidden audio network; revealing a network access point with a preset identifier such that the network access point is detectable by the wireless device, wherein revealing the network access point triggers the wireless device to connect to the network access point using a predefined password valid during the network connection phase; authenticating the wireless device with the audio network using the predefined password via the network access point and associating the wireless device with the audio network with limited connectivity to the audio network during the network connection phase; after authenticating the wireless device with the audio network, disconnecting the wireless device from the audio network; and after disconnecting the wireless device from the audio network, accepting a connection of the wireless device to the audio network in an operational phase, the connection enabled using information provided to the wireless device during the network connection phase and without being restricted to the limited connectivity provided in the network connection phase.