Patent ID: 8966601
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to connect a peripheral device to a wireless network access point, the method comprising: obtaining a set of wireless credentials related to a wireless network formed by a wireless network access point, the set of wireless credentials stored on a host device associated with the wireless network access point; receiving, in the host device, a service set identifier (SSID) from the peripheral device; in response to receiving the SSID from the peripheral device, opening a wireless peer-to-peer network connection between the host device and the peripheral device; wirelessly transmitting the set of wireless credentials from the host device to the peripheral device over the peer-to-peer network so that the wireless credentials bypass the wireless access point; closing the wireless peer-to-peer network connection between the host device and the peripheral device; and identifying the peripheral device over the wireless network access point.