Patent ID: 8705408
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a network device that broadcasts a network device identifier to a client device, comprising: comparing, by one or more computer processors, the network device identifier to at least one previously detected network device identifier; if the network device identifier matches the at least one previously detected network device identifier, presenting for display a first interface on the client device for configuring user-configurable settings in the network device associated with the matched network device identifier, wherein a match indicates that the network device was previously configured and subsequently reset such that the user-configurable settings of the network device were reset to default values, wherein the network device identifier and the at least one previously detected network device identifier are basic service set identifications (BSSID), and wherein the user-configurable settings were reset during a factory reset; and otherwise, presenting for display a second interface on the client device that prompts a user to select the network device to configure.