Patent attributes
A network node is adapted to wirelessly receive content data from remote wireless devices if they have been provisioned to the network node via provisioning data. The network node includes a memory for storing first provisioning data, a transceiver adapted to transmit a portion of the first provisioning data for receipt and storage by a second node, receive a portion of second provisioning data stored in the second node, communicate with a remote cloud based source of provisioning data, transmit content data communicated to the first node by a wireless device to a remote data store, and a programmable processor. The processor determines whether a detected device has or has not been formerly provisioned with the first node. If the detected device has not been formerly provisioned with the first node, and if provisioning data for the detected device is not available in the first or the second provisioning data, provisioning data for the detected device is obtained from the remote cloud based source.
