ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,283, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sling Media LLC (Foster City, Calif.).
"Ecosystem-based wireless network setup" was invented by Vikal Kumar Jain (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various arrangements for configuring wireless network access for a first wireless device using a previously-configured second wireless device are presented. The first wireless device may output a temporary wireless network hotspot and advertise an identifier. A second wireless device may search for and identify the first wireless device based on the advertised identifier. The second wireless device may connect with the temporary wirel...