Simple and assisted mechanism for registering an internet-of-things (IoT) device

1. A system, the system comprising:

an Internet addressable endpoint device comprising:

a wireless communication interface operable to communicate with a personal communication device of an end-user and to an Internet gateway device; and

a processor operably coupled to the wireless communication interface, wherein the processor is operable to:

register the Internet addressable endpoint device with a remote system via the Internet gateway device using information identifying the end-user and information identifying the Internet addressable endpoint device,

determine a pattern of availability of the end-user,

enable the Internet addressable endpoint device to communicate with the personal communication device of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user, and

direct the Internet addressable endpoint device to wait a random amount of time, if the Internet addressable endpoint device has not registered with the remote system, before the Internet addressable endpoint device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a certain physical distance or within a certain RF communication range.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication with the personal communication device of the end-user comprises:

transmitting a signal representative of a wireless access point of a wireless network, wherein the signal comprises information identifying the access point as originating from the Internet addressable endpoint device, and

receiving, from a software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the Internet addressable endpoint device to wirelessly establish communication with the remote system via the Internet gateway device at a physical location associated with the end-user.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the signal representative of the wireless access point comprises an identifier portion comprising a predefined data value known to the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the predefined data value of the identifier portion comprises a certain sequence of characters that identifies the Internet addressable endpoint device.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the personal communication device of the end-user to determine the pattern of availability of the end-user.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user enables reception of the radio frequency signal representative of the wireless access point only when the end-user device is determined to be within a certain physical distance of a physical location associated with the end-user.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device is operable to route information between wireless networks.

8. A method, the method comprising:

registering an Internet addressable endpoint device with a remote system via an Internet gateway device using information identifying an end-user and information identifying the Internet addressable endpoint device;

determining a pattern of availability of the end-user;

enabling the Internet addressable endpoint device to communicate with a personal communication device of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user; and

directing the Internet addressable endpoint device to wait a random amount of time, if the Internet addressable endpoint device has not registered with the remote system, before the Internet addressable endpoint device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a certain physical distance or within a certain RF communication range.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the communication with the personal communication device of the end-user comprises:

transmitting a signal representative of a wireless access point of a wireless network, wherein the signal comprises information identifying the access point as originating from the Internet addressable endpoint device, and

receiving, from a software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the Internet addressable endpoint device to wirelessly establish communication with the remote method via the Internet gateway device at a physical location associated with the end-user.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the signal representative of the wireless access point comprises an identifier portion comprising a predefined data value known to the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the predefined data value of the identifier portion comprises a certain sequence of characters that identifies the Internet addressable endpoint device.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the personal communication device of the end-user to determine the pattern of availability of the end-user.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user enables reception of the radio frequency signal representative of the wireless access point only when the end-user device is determined to be within a certain physical distance of a physical location associated with the end-user.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device is operable to route information between wireless networks.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of code sections, each code section comprising a plurality of instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

registering an Internet addressable endpoint device with a remote system via an Internet gateway device using information identifying an end-user and information identifying the Internet addressable endpoint device;

determining a pattern of availability of the end-user;

enabling the Internet addressable endpoint device to communicate with a personal communication device of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user; and

directing the Internet addressable endpoint device to wait a random amount of time, if the Internet addressable endpoint device has not registered with the remote system, before the Internet addressable endpoint device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a certain physical distance or within a certain RF communication range.

16. The method according to claim 15 ,

transmitting a signal representative of a wireless access point of a wireless network, wherein the signal comprises information identifying the access point as originating from the Internet addressable endpoint device, and

receiving, from a software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the Internet addressable endpoint device to wirelessly establish communication with the remote method via the Internet gateway device at a physical location associated with the end-user.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the signal representative of the wireless access point comprises an identifier portion comprising a predefined data value known to the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the predefined data value of the identifier portion comprises a certain sequence of characters that identifies the Internet addressable endpoint device.

19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the personal communication device of the end-user to determine the pattern of availability of the end-user.

20. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the software application running on the personal communication device of the end-user enables reception of the radio frequency signal representative of the wireless access point only when the end-user device is determined to be within a certain physical distance of a physical location associated with the end-user.

21. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the Internet addressable endpoint device is operable to route information between wireless networks.