US 11,941,106 B2
Client device based management of multiple devices with single user account
Sathish Arumugam Chandrasekaran, Bangalore (IN); Muralidharan Narayanan, Bangalore (IN); David F. Brumbaugh, Collegeville, PA (US); and Jalagandeswari Ganapathy, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,831, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0100843 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/45 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0866 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A client device for use with a first network device, a second network device, and an external server, said client device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored on said memory to cause said client device to:
onboard onto the first network device using a first password;
generate a key;
encrypt the password using the generated key;
store first association information in the external server, the first association information including client device identifying data to uniquely identify said client device, first network device identifying data to uniquely identify the first network device, the key and the encrypted password;
onboard the second network device using the first password; and
store second association information in the external server, the second association information including the client device identifying data, and second network device identifying data to uniquely identify the second network device.