Patent ID: 7926092

Claim:
A method, performed by an information processing device including a processor, of adding a target device to a secure network, the method comprising: establishing, using the processor, a communication link between a client device already a member of the secure network and the target device to be added to the secure network, wherein, before the communication link is established, the target device is separate from the secure network and unauthenticated on the secure network; obtaining, using the processor, security credential information in place of the target device from the secure network at the client device, in response to the establishing of the communication link with the target device, wherein, the security credential information is obtained in place of the target device via the client device already a member of the secure network; impersonating the target device and participating in the process of obtaining security credential information on behalf of the target device; and transferring, using the processor, the obtained security credential information from the client device to the target device, wherein the target device is added to the secure network using the obtained security credential information, and wherein the target device to be added to the secure network is security credential delivery mechanism independent or supports a security credential delivery mechanism different from a security credential delivery mechanism being used by the secure network.