Patent ID: 9614964
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G08C,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of on boarding both a control device and a controlled device, the method including: receiving a first enrollment signal sent by a first controllable device via a two way wireless channel used by the first controllable device to receive command strings, wherein the enrollment signal includes a device identifier that identifies the first controllable device; registering the first controllable device with a cloud based service and using its device identifier to determine from a cloud based or cached database its controllable functions and corresponding command strings to control the controllable functions; receiving a second enrollment signal sent by a second control device with a device identifier that identifies the second control device; registering the second control device with a cloud based service and using its device identifier to determine from a cloud based or cached database control commands that it produces in response to user operation; receiving a dedication command and responsively configuring a combination of the first controllable device, a handheld concierge device, a control gateway, and the second control device so that user operation of the second control device is dedicated to controlling at least some of the controllable functions by causing the command strings to be sent to the first controllable device when the user operates the second control device; configuring the handheld concierge device to replicate controls provided by the second control device and to send the command strings to the first controllable device, responsive to user control input at the handheld concierge device; wherein