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Patent No.:

US 12445523 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2020

Discovery and configuration of iot devices

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paolo Ottaviano, Rome, IT;

Andrea Tortosa, Rome, IT;

Maximiliano Cammisa, Rome, IT;

Antonio Di Cocco, Rome, IT;

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Suraj M Joshi

Assistant Examiner:

Sherman Lin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/1061 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H05B 45/30 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1046 (2013.01); H04L 67/1051 (2013.01); H04L 67/1068 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H05B 45/30 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 84/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for associating an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device with a wireless network, a method for discovering and logically grouping smart light bulbs, and a smart light bulb. One embodiment may comprise automatically starting a counter on an IoT device in response to initially receiving power from a power supply loop to which the IoT device is connected, and by the IoT device, determining whether to perform a pairing operation for associating the IoT device with a wireless network based at least in part on a state of the counter in the IoT device.

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