Patent ID: 9129603
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of adding an energy device to an energy management network, comprising: causing, by a manufacturer of the energy device, a human-language phrase composed of at least two ordinary human-spoken words, to be published to an end user of the energy device, wherein the human-language phrase is associated with, and unique to, the energy device; storing a machine-readable code composed of a plurality of machine-readable numbers and associated with the published human-language phrase; receiving over a computer network a user-inputted phrase from a computing device operated by an end user of the energy device; comparing the user-inputted phrase with the published human-language phrase associated with the energy device to be added to the energy management network; if the user-inputted phrase matches the published human-language phrase, communicating to the computing device over the computer network the machine-readable code associated with the published human-language phrase; and causing the computing device to indicate to the end user that the energy device is added to the energy management network such that the energy device is operable to communicate data over the energy management network relative to other added energy devices on the energy management network.