Patent ID: 7206338

Claim:
A method of establishing a wireless communication network by means of a first device capable of wireless communication, said method comprising: (a) at the first device, before the establishment of a wireless communication network comprising a second device capable of wireless communication, sending via wireless transmission a wireless message utilizing a standard modem command selected from a standard modem command format, but substituting for modem information normally associated with the standard modem command in said standard modem command format, wireless network information which is foreign to said standard modem command format, said wireless network information to be utilized concerning the initial establishment of a wireless communication network including the second device; and (b) at the second device receiving the wireless message sent via wireless transmission, and taking action based on the wireless network information which is foreign to said standard modem command format, sent by the first device, for the initial establishment of the wireless communication network accommodating wireless network communication including the second device, (c) wherein the wireless network information relates specifically to the initial establishment of wireless linkage in the wireless communication network.