Patent ID: 8868698

Claim:
A method of connecting a playback device to a secure playback network, the method comprising: receiving a manual user action at a controller device; in response to the manual user action, causing the controller device to enter a listen mode to listen for a first message from a playback device over a first network, the first message indicating that the playback device is available for configuration; receiving, by the controller device, the first message from the playback device over the first network; in response to receiving the first message, the controller device transmitting a second message to the playback device over the first network, wherein the second message requests the playback device's network configuration information; receiving, by the controller device, a third message from the playback device over the first network, wherein the third message includes the playback device's network configuration information; in response to receiving the third message, determining whether the playback device is configured for the secure playback network; and sending, by the controller device based on the third message, a fourth message to the playback device over the first network, wherein the fourth message instructs the playback device to reconfigure its network configuration information according to network configuration parameters, including a security parameter, provided by the controller device to the playback device such that the reconfigured playback device is to join the secure playback network without further user input via either the playback device or the controller device.