Patent ID: 9478125
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G08C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring a smart device to control functional operations of a first appliance being added to a system having the smart device and a second appliance, comprising: receiving by the second appliance from a third appliance, not part of the system, via a first communication channel between the second appliance and the third appliance an InfoFrame, the InfoFrame having data that was previously provided to the third appliance by the first appliance via a second communication channel between the first appliance and the third appliance; using, by the second appliance, an Internet server or the smart device, the data within the InfoFrame received by the second appliance to identify a set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance; and causing, by the second appliance, the Internet server or the smart device, the set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance to be provisioned to the smart device whereupon the smart device is responsively configured to control functional operations of the first appliance via a transmission of one or more commands from the set of commands to at least one of the first appliance and the second appliance.