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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Edward Hill, Boulder, CO (US);
John Kozura, Boulder, CO (US);
Haley A. Taylor, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeff Mathews, Bouler, CO (US);
Andrew Zimmer, Boulder, CO (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This application discloses a method implemented at an electronic device for adding a smart device in a smart home environment. The electronic device receives from a client device a request to add a new smart device to the smart home environment over a first communication network, and the request is issued by a client-side application associated with a user account. In response to the request, the electronic device determines that a new smart device is available to add to the smart home environment via a second communication network. Then, the electronic device connects to the new smart device via the second communication network, obtains device information of the new smart device via the second communication network, and causes a notification to be provided to a user concerning association of the new smart device with the user account and addition of the new smart device to the smart home environment.