US 11,706,094 B2
Device provisioning
Yiu Leung Lee, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Chris Wendt, Exton, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,934.
Application 17/130,934 is a continuation of application No. 16/171,796, filed on Oct. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,917,306.
Application 16/171,796 is a continuation of application No. 15/412,106, filed on Jan. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,148,520, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 15/412,106 is a continuation of application No. 14/281,050, filed on May 19, 2014, granted, now 9,590,857, issued on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359913 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device and based on a scan of a bar code associated with a device, first information associated with the bar code;
retrieving, based on the first information, a dedicated activation service set identifier (SSID);
sending, to one or more gateways, the dedicated activation SSID;
receiving, from a first gateway of the one or more gateways, second information indicating that the device is connected to the first gateway using the dedicated activation SSID; and
causing, after receiving the second information, the device to connect to a target gateway using a specific SSID that is different from the dedicated activation SSID.