Patent ID: 8798671

Claim:
A method for establishing a wireless communication/networking link between a first dual mode device and a second dual mode device, the first dual mode device including a radio transceiver and a wireless networking transceiver, the second dual mode device including a radio transceiver and a wireless networking transceiver, the method comprising: establishing a first connection between the first dual mode device and the second dual mode device, the first connection comprising a wireless pairing between the first dual mode device radio transceiver and the second dual mode device radio transceiver and creating a secure first wireless link between the first dual mode device radio transceiver and the second dual mode device radio transceiver; wirelessly exchanging network configuration data comprising at least one of: (i) server set identification (SSID) information of a wireless network, (ii) channel information of the wireless network, (iii) security key information of the wireless network, (iv) subscriber information, and (v) subscriber service provider information, between the first dual mode device and the second dual mode device over the secure first wireless link before the first dual mode device accesses the wireless network, using the first dual mode device radio transceiver and the second dual mode device radio transceiver; and establishing, based on the network configuration data, a second connection between the first dual mode device and the second dual mode device, the second connection comprising a second wireless communication/networking link between the first dual mode device networking transceiver and the second dual mode device networking transceiver, wherein after the second wireless communication/networking link is established, the first dual mode device is authenticated by the second dual mode device, and wherein in response to being authenticated by the second dual mode device, the first dual mode device accesses the wireless network.