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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9820315 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

May. 22, 2015

Smart home device facilitating user-friendly setup experience

Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sophie Le Guen, Burlingame, CA (US);

David Sloo, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Anthony M. Fadell, Woodside, CA (US);

Matthew L. Rogers, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Shigefumi Honjo, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Jay Logue, San Jose, CA (US);

Grant Erickson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nicholas Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Jeffrey A. Boyd, Novato, CA (US);

James B. Simister, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jesse W. Boettcher, San Jose, CA (US);

Timo A. Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kevin Coppock, Mountain View, CA (US);

Shiney Rossi, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Andrew Georgandellis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/021 (2013.01); G08B 7/066 (2013.01); G08B 25/003 (2013.01); G08B 25/009 (2013.01); G08B 25/08 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/006 (2013.01); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/025 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for establishing a pairing between a smart-home device and an online account may include instantiating an application on a computing device and receiving a first code from a central server. The application may receive a second code from printed material associated with the smart-home device. The smart-home device may broadcast a first communication protocol, and the application may join the first mutation protocol. The application can be authenticated by the smart-home device using the second code, and the application can receive an identity of a second communication protocol from a user. The application can then transmit the identity of the second communication protocol to the smart-home device. The smart-home device can use the second mutation protocol to access the Internet and transmit the first code to the central server, where the central server can use the first code in completing the pairing process.

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