Patent ID: 7660420

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing a default connection between a first device having a first address and a second device having a second address, wherein the default connection is a first secure connection; exchanging identifying information between the first device and the second device; and establishing a unique connection between the first device and the second device, wherein the unique connection is a second secure connection, and wherein establishing a unique connection between the first device and the second device comprises forming a network identifier in the first device from a portion of the first address and a portion of the second address, wherein both the portion of the first address and the portion of the second address are not null; forming the network identifier in the second device from the portion of the first address and the portion of the second address; establishing a second connection between the first device and the second device wherein the second connection uses the network identifier as a second connection identifier and uses a common string as a second connection encryption code.