US 11,758,400 B2
Apparatuses and method for granting a permit to network devices for joining a network
Huajin Huang, Shenzhen (CN); Li Lu, Shenzhen (CN); Wuqiang Liao, Shenzhen (CN); and Jie Zeng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to LEDVANCE GMBH, Garching bei Munich (DE)
Filed by LEDVANCE GmbH, Garching bei Munich (DE)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/863,345.
Claims priority of application No. 201910373026.3 (CN), filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0389793 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); H04L 63/0884 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A commissioning tool for granting a network joining permit to network devices for joining a network, the commissioning tool comprising:
a network install code generating unit for generating one or more network install codes,
a memory unit configured to save the one or more network install codes,
a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more network install codes generated by the network install code generating unit to network devices and to a network coordinating device,
a user interface configured to receive user commands to transmit the one or more network install codes generated by the network install code generation unit, and
a network control unit, the network control unit being in functional communication with the memory unit, the transmitter and the user interface, wherein the network control unit is configured to instruct the transmitter to transmit the one or more network install codes upon receiving a command via the user interface.