Patent ID: 9594384
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: F24F,G05B,G05D,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of associating a wireless thermostat with a user account of an external web service, the method comprising: forming a first wireless network between the wireless thermostat and a device separate from the wireless thermostat, the device having a user interface; using the user interface of the device to receive one or more access parameters from a user for accessing a second wireless network, the second wireless network capable of communicating with a wide area network for accessing the external web service; once the one or more access parameters are received by the user interface of the device, transmitting the one or more access parameters from the device to the wireless thermostat via the first wireless network; transmitting one or more registration parameters from the wireless thermostat to the device via the first wireless network, the one or more registration parameters uniquely identifying the wireless thermostat; connecting the wireless thermostat to the second wireless network using, at least in part, the one or more access parameters, thereby making the wireless thermostat available on the second wireless network and the wide area network; and using the device to access the external web service and to then associate the one or more registration parameters received from the wireless thermostat with the user account of the external web service.