US 12,273,807 B1
Establishing communication links to assist headless devices
QingYun Wei, San Jose, CA (US); Zhao Lou, Redwood City, CA (US); Shao-Cheng Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US); Avinash Joshi, San Jose, CA (US); and Xi Chen, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/138,912.
Application 18/138,912 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,129, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,671,904.
Application 17/020,129 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/884,992, filed on May 27, 2020, granted, now 11,595,804, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/14 (2013.01) [H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by a first device, comprising:
establishing a first communication link with a second device using a personal area network (PAN) protocol;
establishing a second communication link with an access point that provides access to a network;
receiving, from the access point, first data representing a webpage of a captive portal associated with gaining access to the network;
receiving, from the second device and using the PAN protocol, second data representing a credential associated with gaining access to the network; and
sending the credential to the access point.