Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart-home device facilitating convenient setup of plural instances thereof in the smart home
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Application No.: US15458768Application Date: 2017-03-14
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Publication No.: US10015825B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Jay Logue , Grant Erickson , Roger Tinkoff , David Sloo , Anthony M. Fadell , Matthew L. Rogers , Jeffrey A. Boyd , James B. Simister
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G08B17/10
- IPC: G08B17/10 ; H04W76/02 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A method for using a first device to pair a second device to a user account may include receiving first wireless communications using a first wireless protocol, where the first device has previously been paired with the user account. The method may also include receiving a transmission that instructs the first device to establish second wireless communications with the second device, and then establishing the second wireless communications between the first device and the second device using a second wireless protocol. The method may additionally include receiving, using the first wireless protocol, information allowing the second device to use the first wireless protocol, and sending the information to the second device using the second wireless protocol, where a new pairing between the second device and the user account is established using the first wireless protocol.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170202039A1 SMART-HOME DEVICE FACILITATING CONVENIENT SETUP OF PLURAL INSTANCES THEREOF IN THE SMART HOME Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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