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Method and device for establishing connection

US10419424B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateNov 30, 2015
Grant dateSep 17, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for establishing a connection. The method includes the steps of: obtaining, by a group member device of a wireless device group, information about a to-be-connected device and then sending the information to a group owner device of the wireless device group, and/or transmitting, by the group member device, information about the group owner device to the to-be-connected device, where the information about the to-be-connected device and/or the information about the group owner device is used by the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to discover each other; and enabling, by the group member device, the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to share a first password, wherein the first password is used by the to-be-connected device and the group owner device to establish a connection after the to-be-connected device and the group owner device discover each other.

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