Patent ID: 9122256
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G05B,G08C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile control unit intended to form part of a home-automation installation comprising elements including appliances fixed in a building, the elements of the installation communicating on a home-automation network, each element being provided with its own specific identifier and with a common key for all the elements of the home-automation network and authenticating each element's membership of the home-automation network, the common key being an authentication key, wherein the method comprises: a step of locating the mobile control unit with respect to a contour containing the elements of the home-automation installation, the mobile unit comprising a means for network linking to the home-automation network and the mobile unit including the common key, a step of automatically invalidating the common key contained in the mobile control unit in the case where the mobile control unit is situated outside the contour.