Simplified wi-fi and/or cloud enrollment for wi-fi devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020187001-A1
Application number	US-201916705730-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 6, 2019
Priority date	Dec 11, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wireless enabled lighting device having the ability to retrieve credentials for a primary wireless LAN from another previously configured wireless enabled lighting device is disclosed. After installation, the lighting device may be instructed to join a secondary wireless network temporarily provided by the previously configured lighting device. Once connected to the secondary wireless network, the lighting device may be provided the credentials for the primary wireless LAN from the previously installed device. The lighting device may then join the primary wireless LAN based on the provided credentials and may automatically initiate enrollment with a remote cloud service. After enrollment, the lighting device may be instructed to operate as an access point for the secondary wireless network, thereby allowing a subsequently installed lighting device to retrieve the credentials for the primary wireless LAN from the newly enrolled lighting device.

First claim

1 . A lighting device, comprising:
a memory component; logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory component, the logic to:
receive an instruction to enter a setup help mode of operation;
disconnect from a first wireless network and operate as an access point for a second wireless network;
receive a message from an additional lighting device;
generate a response message, the response message to include first credentials for the first wireless network, the first credentials stored in the memory component; and
transmit the response message to the additional lighting device over the second wireless network.

2 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the logic to encrypt the first credentials for the first wireless network.

3 . The lighting device of claim 2 , the message received from the additional lighting device to include an encryption key of the additional lighting device.

4 . The lighting device of claim 3 , the logic to encrypt the first credentials for the first wireless network based on the encryption key of the additional lighting device.

5 . The lighting device of claim 3 , the encryption key to comprise a Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) public key.

6 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the message from the additional lighting device to include an identifier of the additional lighting device.

7 . The lighting device of claim 6 , the logic to transmit the identifier for the second lighting device to a remote cloud service.

8 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the logic to discontinue operation as the access point for the second wireless network after transmitting the response message to the additional lighting device.

9 . The lighting device of claim 8 , the logic to join the first wireless network after discontinuing operation as the access point for the second wireless network.

10 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the logic to receive the instruction directly from a user through a physical input interface or to receive the instruction from a user device.

11 . (canceled)

12 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the logic to operate as an access point for the second wireless network based on predetermined configuration information for the second wireless network stored in the memory component.

13 . The lighting device of claim 12 , the predetermined configuration information to include an identifier and a password for the second wireless network.

14 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the first credentials for the first wireless network to include an identifier and a password for the first wireless network.

15 . The lighting device of claim 1 , the logic to encrypt the response message prior to transmitting the response message to the additional lighting device.

16 . The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless network is a Wi-Fi network or the second wireless network is a Wi-Fi network.

17 .- 19 . (canceled)

20 . A method, comprising:
receiving an instruction to enter a setup help mode of operation; disconnecting from a first wireless network; operating as an access point for a second wireless network; receiving a message from a lighting device; generating a response message, the response message to include first credentials for the first wireless network; and transmitting the response message to the lighting device over the second wireless network.

21 .- 36 . (canceled)

37 . A lighting device, comprising:
a memory component; logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory component, the logic to:
receive an instruction to obtain first credentials for a first wireless network;
retrieve predetermined second credentials for a second wireless network from the memory component;
join the second wireless network based on the predetermined second credentials for the second wireless network;
generate a message;
transmit the message to an additional lighting device operating as an access point for the second wireless network; and
receive a response message from the additional lighting device operating as an access point for the second wireless network, the response message to include the first credentials for the first wireless network.

38 . The lighting device of claim 37 , wherein the first credentials for the first wireless network are encrypted.

39 . The lighting device of claim 38 , the generated message to include an encryption key of the lighting device.

40 . The lighting device of claim 39 , wherein the first credentials for the first wireless network are encrypted based on the encryption key of the lighting device.

41 . The lighting device of claim 39 , the encryption key to comprise a Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) public key.

42 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the generated message to include an identifier assigned to the lighting device.

43 . The lighting device of claim 42 , the logic to transmit the identifier to a remote cloud service.

44 . The lighting device of claim 43 , the logic to transmit a request to enroll with the remote cloud service.

45 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the logic to join the first wireless network based on the first credentials for the first wireless network.

46 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the logic to receive the instruction directly from a user through a physical input interface or to receive the instruction from a user device.

47 . (canceled)

48 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the predetermined second credentials to include an identifier and a password for the second wireless network.

49 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the first credentials for the first wireless network to include an identifier and a password for the first wireless network.

50 . The lighting device of claim 37 , the logic to decrypt the response message prior to determining the first credentials for the first wireless network.

51 . The lighting device of claim 37 , wherein the first wireless network is a Wi-Fi network or the second wireless network is a Wi-Fi network.

52 .- 70 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Leviton Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Ard Aaron
• Shurte James

Classifications

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L9/0825

  using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates · CPC title

• H04L2209/80

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/04 Primary

  Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA] · CPC title