Patent ID: 8069232

Claim:
A computer-readable medium that does not consist of a signal, the computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a host personal computer of a user, implement a method to configure wireless network settings on a portable device of the user using a user interface presented on the host personal computer, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a synchronization connection between the host personal computer and the portable device; sending, from the host personal computer over the synchronization connection, a request to the portable device to detect wireless access points; receiving, at the host personal computer over the synchronization connection, identifiers of one or more wireless access points detected by a radio module in the portable device; rendering, on a display screen of the host personal computer, the user interface displaying the identifiers of the one or more wireless access points detected by the radio module of the portable device; receiving, at the user interface of the host personal computer, user input selecting a particular wireless access point for which wireless network setting of the portable device are to be configured; accessing, at the host personal computer, networking configuration parameters used by the host personal computer to connect to the particular wireless access point; creating, at the host personal computer, a networking configuration profile for configuring the portable device to connect to the particular wireless access point using the networking configuration parameters used by the host personal computer to connect to the particular wireless access point; transmitting the networking configuration profile from the host personal computer to the portable device over the synchronization connection; receiving, at the host personal computer, an indication that the portable device succeeded in establishing a wireless connection using the particular wireless access point; and transmitting pairing data from the host personal computer to the portable device over the wireless connection.