Patent ID: 9191274
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first device from a second device, a message requesting information that indicates whether a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) network supports push-button configuration, the first device configured to communicate with the second device and a third device via the MoCA network; in response to the received message, transmitting a response to the second device, the response indicating whether push-button configuration is supported by the MoCA network; determining, by a first device configured to communicate with a second device and a third device via a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) network, that a configuration button on the second device has been activated; determining, by the first device, whether a configuration button has been activated on the first device or the third device within a time interval from a time at which the configuration button on the second device is activated; in response to determining that the configuration button has been activated on the first device within the time interval, allowing, by the first device, the second device to be authenticated on the MoCA network; in response to determining that the configuration button has been activated on the third device within the time interval, allowing, by the first device, the second device to be authenticated on the MoCA network; and in response to determining that the configuration button has not been activated on either the first device or the third device within the time interval, preventing, by the first device, admission of the second device to the MoCA network.