Patent ID: 7340612

Claim:
Method for registering a device in a wireless network comprising: (a) asking a user, through a user interface, whether the user wants to install a new network or install said device on an existing network, and, in case the user wants to install a new network: (b) asking the user to enter a PIN code, said entered PIN code becoming the PIN code that is valid for the entire new network, whereby the PIN code is used to install a device on the new network; (c) generating an authentication key which becomes the authentication key of the new network; and (d) the device becoming the central controller of the new network, and in case the device is to be installed on an existing network comprising an existing central controller: (e) asking the user to enter a PIN code; (f) checking by said existing central controller whether the entered PIN code corresponds to a PIN code of the existing network and if such checking is positive, sending an authentication key of the existing network from said existing central controller to said device; and (g) storing said authentication key of the existing network by said device for use in authentication procedures between said device and said existing central controller.