Patent ID: 8649297

Claim:
A method, comprising: discovering, by a first computing device, a networking device with a network identifier, the networking device being within a wireless connectivity range from the first computing device; determining whether the networking device is unconfigured based on the network identifier, wherein the network identifier has a predetermined format including at least a portion of a predefined character string assigned to the networking device; generating new network configuration settings if the networking device is unconfigured, wherein the new network configuration settings include a new network identifier for the networking device; sending the new network configuration settings from the first computing device to the networking device to configure the networking device for wireless connectivity, wherein the new network configuration settings are to be stored in a memory element of the networking device; and configuring the first computing device with one or more of the new network configuration settings to initiate a wireless connection to the networking device, wherein the wireless connection is created without requiring any configuration settings associated with the wireless connection to be provided by a user.