Patent ID: 9596708
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for pairing two or more smart-home devices with a user account, comprising: establishing first wireless communications with a first smart-home device, wherein the first wireless communications use a first wireless protocol, and wherein the first smart-home device has previously been paired with the user account; transmitting, to the first smart-home device, using the first wireless protocol, a transmission that instructs the first smart-home device to establish second wireless communication between the first smart-home device and a second smart-home device, wherein the second wireless communication established between the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device uses a second wireless protocol; and transmitting, to the first smart-home device, using the first wireless protocol, network credentials for the second smart-home device to join a first wireless protocol network, wherein the credentials are sent from the first smart-home device to the second smart-home device using the second wireless protocol; whereby a new pairing between the second smart-home device and the user account is established using the first wireless protocol.