Simple and assisted mechanism for registering an internet-of-things (IoT) device
A method and system for automatically associating an Internet addressable endpoint device of an end-user with an account of the end-user at a remote system supporting a plurality of Internet addressable endpoint devices each associated with a respective end-user.
1. A system, the system comprising:
an Internet of Things (IoT) device comprising:
a transceiver operable to communicate with a mobile phone of an end-user and to an Internet gateway device; and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is operable to:
register the IoT device with a remote system via the Internet gateway device using information identifying the end-user and information identifying the IoT device,
determine a pattern of availability of the end-user,
enable the IoT device to communicate with the mobile phone of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user, and
direct the IoT device to wait a random amount of time, if the IoT device has not registered with the remote system, before the IoT device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a predetermined distance.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication with the mobile phone 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 IoT device, and
receiving, from a software application running on the mobile phone of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the IoT 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 mobile phone 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 IoT device.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the IoT device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the mobile phone 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 mobile phone 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 IoT device is operable to route information between wireless networks.
8. A method, the method comprising:
registering an Internet of Things (IoT) device with a remote system via an Internet gateway device using information identifying an end-user and information identifying the IoT device;
determining a pattern of availability of the end-user;
enabling the IoT device to communicate with a mobile phone of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user; and
directing the IoT device to wait a random amount of time, if the IoT device has not registered with the remote system, before the IoT device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a predetermined distance.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the communication with the mobile phone 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 IoT device, and
receiving, from a software application running on the mobile phone of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the IoT 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 mobile phone 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 IoT device.
12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the IoT device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the mobile phone 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 mobile phone 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 IoT 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 of Things (IoT) device with a remote system via an Internet gateway device using information identifying an end-user and information identifying the IoT device;
determining a pattern of availability of the end-user;
enabling the IoT device to communicate with a mobile phone of the end-user according to the pattern of availability of the end-user; and
directing the IoT device to wait a random amount of time, if the IoT device has not registered with the remote system, before the IoT device attempts to detect activities of the end-user within a predetermined distance.
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 IoT device, and
receiving, from a software application running on the mobile phone of the end-user, a set of access parameters that enable the IoT 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 mobile phone 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 IoT device.
19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the IoT device, if not yet registered, uses detection of motion of the end-user or RF signals from the mobile phone 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 mobile phone 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 IoT device is operable to route information between wireless networks.