Patent ID: 8359372

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage memory containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a personal media player, perform a method for transferring information describing a wireless network from the personal media player to an accessory device, the method comprising: capturing the information that is usable by an access point in the wireless network to enable discovery of the wireless network by one or more wireless networkable devices, and to enable secure access to the wireless network; transferring the information to the accessory device upon a physical coupling between the personal media player and the accessory device, the transferred information being usable by the accessory device to join the wireless network; and receiving an accessory device ID at the personal media player that uniquely identifies the accessory device, the accessory device ID usable by the personal media player to identify and connect to the accessory device over the wireless network, the accessory device ID automatically transferred from the accessory device to the personal media player after the physical coupling; and using the accessory device ID to discover the accessory device on the wireless network after the personal media player is uncoupled from the accessory device.