CPC H04W 48/20 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0861 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for initiating a Wi-Fi network to be used to connect an electronic device among a set of portable first-type electronic devices with a second-type electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, at a service server configured to service the set of first-type electronic devices, data pertaining to a user-id;
retrieving, from a database, a unique network configuration which is associated with the user-id and not device-id specific, wherein the unique network configuration is known beforehand by the second-type electronic device;
selecting, at the service server, an electronic device among the set of first-type electronic devices; and
sending, to the selected electronic device, the unique network configuration associated with the user-id for allowing the selected electronic device to initiate a Wi-Fi network using the unique network configuration associated with the user-id.
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