Patent ID: 9736688
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computerized method for identifying and registering a new appliance, useful in association with a mobile device associated with an owner, the method comprising: receiving at the new appliance a unique activation user identifier and a password from the mobile device; receiving at the new appliance a unique mobile device identifier from the mobile device; in response to the reception of the unique activation user identifier, the password, and the unique mobile device identifier, transmitting by the new appliance a unique security key to the mobile device; in response to the transmission of the unique security key, receiving at the new appliance a unique service identifier from the mobile device; transmitting at the new appliance via a cellular network the unique service identifier to a cellular service provider; in response to the transmission of the unique service identifier to the cellular service provider, receiving an activation acknowledgement at the new appliance via the cellular network from the cellular service provider; in response to the reception of the activation acknowledgement, updating at the new appliance the unique security key; and transmitting by the new appliance the updated unique security key to the mobile device via the cellular network.