Patent ID: 8917651
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, in response to a push button configuration (PBC) button being pushed on a wireless network client device and from the wireless network client device, a request to connect to a wireless network which includes a plurality of access points, wherein the request further specifies one or more network services that include at least one of a plurality of network traffic types to be transmitted over the wireless network connection, and wherein each of the plurality of access points is pre-configured to provide a respective at least one network service of a plurality of network services; receiving, from one or more of the access points, a message indicating the availability of the respective access point to perform a PBC process with the wireless network client device supporting the specified one or more network services; selecting one of the plurality of access points to perform the PBC process with the wireless network client device, based on the requested one or more network services and the at least one network service that the selected access point is pre-configured to provide; and sending a message to the selected access point indicating to perform the PBC process with the wireless network client device.