Patent ID: 7657255

Claim:
A system that facilitates connecting a wireless device to a wireless network, comprising: a device that establishes a near field communication link with a verified device on the wireless network, wherein the verified device is provisioned to operate on the wireless network via a wireless connection, wherein the wireless connection from the verified device to the wireless network is not a near field communication link; an installation component included in the verified device that invokes transfer of provisioning data to the wireless network via the near field communication link, wherein the installation component employs the provisioning data to authenticate the device and establish a wireless connection for the device to the wireless network; and a PONG component that utilizes a plug and go technique to transfer the provisioning data to the network via the near field communication link, the PONG component comprising a PONG manager that associates a PONG handler to a request associated with the provisioning data, and a PONG driver that channels requests from the PONG manager to a PONG device over the near field communication link.