Patent ID: 9647888
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving power at an interface device having a network interface and an appliance interface, wherein the appliance interface is couplable to an appliance for receiving appliance capability information specific to the appliance, wherein the appliance capability information identifies one or more attributes associated with a set of values, wherein a set of values includes one or more values, wherein an attribute is indicative of a type category or a usage category of a value, wherein a type category is indicative of a format of a value and a usage category is indicative of how the interface device can interact with a value, wherein a value of the set of values corresponds to an activity performable by the appliance; transmitting an initial attribute request for an attribute associated with a value of the set of values, wherein transmitting includes using the appliance interface; receiving an attribute response and transmitting a subsequent attribute request for one or more additional attributes associated with values in the set of values; receiving a final attribute response, wherein the final attribute response indicates a last value in the set of values; determining network device capability information, wherein the network device capability information corresponds to the appliance capability information; and transmitting the network device capability information using the network interface, wherein when the network device capability information is received, the network device capability information facilitates generation of a graphical interface for interfacing with the activity performable by the appliance.