Secure wireless network-based activation for table-side information and point-of-sale devices

US9264241B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tabletop Media, LLC · US

Inventors

• Viren R. Balar · Sachse, US
• James Thomas Row, II · Plano, US
• Bryan E. Campbell · Dallas, US
• Kevin Mowry · Lewisville, US
• Tiegang Li · Allen, US
• Jeffrey E. Taylor · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2016
• Expiry date: May 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W84/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A new table-side device is seamlessly and securely integrated to an existing (primary) Wi-Fi network within an operating environment at a restaurant location. The location includes a data management server (DMS) for managing the local operations of devices operating there. The device being installed at the location is auto-configured into the primary Wi-Fi network by being provided with a default Wi-Fi profile that only enables the device to be activated on an activation Wi-Fi network also available at the location. Once the device activates to the Wi-Fi activation network, it requests activation onto the primary Wi-Fi network from a cloud-based data center. The data center requests an activation password from the local DMS. The local DMS generates an activation bundle, which is then returned and eventually instantiated on the device to complete the activation. Once activated, the device updates its Wi-Fi profile to now executed on the primary Wi-Fi network.