ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,702, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Methods, devices and systems for adding devices to a wireless network" was invented by Hui Luo (Marlboro, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include, by operation of a first wireless device, in response to detecting a user input at the first wireless device, transmitting a first wireless message. In response to receiving a second wireless message, a determination can be made that an intermediate device is within a predetermined proximity. A sharing message can be received that includes a secret value. In response to receiving an excha...