Patent ID: 9185641
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for onboarding a headless device to a personal Wi-Fi network with an onboarder device over an onboarding-Wi-Fi network, the method comprising: connecting the onboarder device with a software access point (SoftAP) corresponding to the headless device over the onboarding-Wi-Fi network; connecting the onboarder device and the headless device via a peer-to-peer connection; configuring, at the onboarder device and via the peer-to-peer connection, the headless device via a service operating on the headless device to enable the headless device to connect with a personal access point (AP) of the personal Wi-Fi network and leave an onboarding mode; attempting, at the onboarder device and via the peer-to-peer connection, to identify the headless device operating on the personal Wi-Fi network; rediscovering, at the onboarder device, the headless device operating in the onboarding mode on the onboarding-Wi-Fi network in response to an onboarding device being unable to identify the headless device on the personal Wi-Fi network; obtaining, at the onboarder device and via the SoftAP, information about an attempt by the headless device to connect to the personal Wi-Fi network; reconfiguring, at the onboarder device, the headless device via the service over the peer-to-peer connection to enable the headless device to connect with the personal AP of the personal Wi-Fi network.