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U.S. Patent: 10,133,527


Patent Title

Wireless Devices That Establish A Wireless Local Area Network Connection By Receiving, Via Direct Wireless Communications, Identification Or Authentication Information, From A Mobile Wireless Device

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Issued Date: November 20, 2018
Inventor: William Ho Chang et al
External Links: UPSTO, Google Patents

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Abstract

A wireless device that includes at least a wireless communication unit, which is compatible with at least a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards, for establishing a wire less connection with a server over a network is herein disclosed and enabled. To connect the wireless device with the server, the wireless device may first establish short range wireless communication with a client device, such as a smart phone. The wireless device may exchange data or information with the client device via the short range wireless communication; and the wireless device may implement an authentication procedure for detecting authentication information. Thereafter, the wireless device connects to the server over the Internet for accessing a service provided by the server. The accessing of the service may require authentication information on the wireless device, and the accessing of the service is subsequent to the wireless device having implemented the authentication procedure at the wireless device.

U.S. Patent Number: 10,133,527

Sample Claim

1. A wireless communication method for a wireless device to establish wireless communication with one or more servers over a network, the wireless device includes one or more communication units, each communication unit of the one or more communication units includes at least one communication chip or chipsets, the wireless communication method comprising:

(1) facilitating, by the one or more communication units of the wireless device, a wireless discovery operation for the wireless device to be wirelessly discoverable by a client of the wireless device via short range wireless communication, the wireless discovery operation includes wirelessly transmitting, by short range wireless communication and via the one or more communication units of the wireless device, at least an attribute or identification information related to the wireless device from the wireless device to the client;

(2) wirelessly establishing, via the one or more communication units of the wireless device, a wireless communication link between the wireless device and the client that has wirelessly discovered the wireless device in (1), the wireless communication link being a short range wireless communication link directly between the wireless device and the client, and the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least a protocol within Bluetooth specifications or IEEE 802.11 standards;

(3) wirelessly communicating, via the one or more communication units of the wireless device and over the wireless communication link established in (2), between the wireless device and the client;

(4) executing, by the wireless device, an authentication procedure for detecting security or authentication information at the wireless device, the execution of the authentication procedure is while the wireless device is wirelessly communicating with the client in (3); and wherein the security information or the authentication information includes one or more of a user name, a password, identification information, an ID number, a PIN, an IP address, a security key, a biometric, a fingerprint, or voice, individually or in any combination;

(5) establishing, by the wireless device and using the one or more communication units of the wireless device, wireless local area network communication, the wireless local area network communication being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for establishing a wireless local area network connection;

(6) wirelessly connecting the wireless device, using the one or more communication units and via the wireless local area network communication established in (5), to the one or more servers over the network that includes the Internet, the connecting of the wireless device to the one or more servers includes accessing a service provided by the one or more servers; and wherein the accessing, by the wireless device, of the service provided by the one or more servers is based, at least in part, on the wireless device having appropriate authentication information for accessing the service, and the connecting of the wireless device to the one or more servers in (6) is subsequent to the wireless device having executed the authentication procedure in (4); and wherein at least one communication unit of the one or more communication units is a wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within Bluetooth specifications or IEEE 802.11 standards for establishing the wireless communication link in (2); and wherein at least one communication unit of the one or more communication units is a wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for establishing the wireless local area network communication in (5).