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Patent
H - Electricity
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H04W 76/02 (2009.01) H04W 48/02 (2009.01) H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
Patent
CA 2689759
Devices, systems and methods for commissioning a home network and inhibiting unaffiliated wireless communication devices that are physically proximate to each other from forming a wireless network. A wireless communication device may include a transceiver capable of communicating with at least a second device, a non-volatile memory capable of storing a network name, a controller, and a user input acceptance element capable of placing the controller in a network set-up mode. The controller may have a plurality of modes including the network set-up mode, as well as a status indicator for providing an indication of whether the device is operating with one of a parent status and a child status. A method for joining a wireless network may include entering a network set up mode, and scanning for a second device operating with a parent status. If the second device is operating with the parent status, the network name of the second device may be adopted as the network name. However, if there is no second device operating with the parent status, the network name may be established as either a new name or an existing name.
Elston Wallace J. III
Jenkins Anthony E.
Lieto Gregory S.
Mccoy Richard A.
Morrell Michael A.
Corporation Whirlpool
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
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