Patent ID: 9009805
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T,G08B,G11B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device provisioning method executed by an electronic device, a client device and a server, comprising: logging onto a user account managed by the server from the client device; broadcasting by the electronic device an advertising packet that includes a device identifier uniquely associated with the electronic device; transmitting the advertising packet to the server via the client device as part of a link approval request; in response to receiving the link approval request, verifying by the server that the electronic device associated with the device identifier is available for provisioning in association with the user account and, when verified, issuing by the server a link approval response to the client device, the link approval response indicating that the electronic device associated with the device identifier is available for provisioning in association with the user account; in response to receiving the link approval response indicating that the electronic device associated with the device identifier is available for provisioning in association with the user account: