US Patent Issued to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS on Jan. 27 for "Automatic configuration of wireless connections between routers and wireless devices" (New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,740, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LLC (Dallas).

"Automatic configuration of wireless connections between routers and wireless devices" was invented by Steven Smith (Keller, Texas) and Bryan Pauling (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques described herein are directed to automatically configuring a wireless device (e.g., an extender or other type of CPE) to connect with and communicate with a wireless router without utilizing any in-line user pairing or input. The techniques include detecting the presence of a wireless device, determining that the wireless device is expecte...