Patent ID: 7940732

Claim:
A method for configuring a wireless client device to connect to a secured wireless network, comprising: detecting at least one user input on a wireless configuration device; in response to detecting the at least one user input, transmitting a request signal from the wireless configuration device to an access point for network connectivity settings associated with the secured wireless network; receiving the network connectivity settings from the access point on the wireless configuration device; generating a first confirmation signal in response to receiving the network connectivity settings from the access point; in response to detecting the at least one user input, transmitting the network connectivity settings from the wireless configuration device to the wireless client device, the wireless client device being unconnected to and remote from the access point upon receiving the network connectivity settings; and generating a second confirmation signal in response to transmitting the network connectivity settings to the wireless client device; wherein generating a first confirmation signal and a second confirmation signal comprises generating at least one of a visual alert and an audible alert.