US 11,886,594 B2
Secure transfer of registered network access devices
Mihir Dushyantbhai Shah, San Jose, CA (US); Tejas Pankajkumar Shah, San Jose, CA (US); Peiman Amini, Fremont, CA (US); and Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to NETGEAR, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by NETGEAR, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,413.
Application 17/473,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/236,989, filed on Dec. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,120,137.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,142, filed on Jun. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0406382 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/086 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/086 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-readable storage medium, excluding transitory signals and carrying instructions, which, when executed by at least one data processor of a cloud system, cause the cloud system to:
initiate a change of a registration of a network access device,
wherein the network access device is configured to allow a wireless device to connect to a wired network through the network access device, and
wherein the registration is stored at the cloud system and indicates ownership of the network access device by a first user;
receive an authorization from the first user to dissociate the ownership of the network access device by the first user;
receive an indication of a physical reset occurring locally at the network access device,
wherein the physical reset allows the first user to dissociate the ownership of the network access device;
in response to determining that both the authorization by the first user and the indication of the physical reset are valid:
release the ownership by the first user of the network access device at the cloud system;
transfer ownership of the network access device from the first user to a second user; and
register ownership to the second user at the cloud system;
in response to determining that at least one of the authorization by the first user or the indication of the physical reset is invalid:
cause the network access device to restore a current setting or a current configuration of the network access device to a prior setting or a prior configuration captured a point in time before occurrence of the physical reset.