Patent ID: 8855794
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: F24F,G05B,G05D,G05F,G06F,G06Q,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02D,Y02E,Y02P,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of provisioning a device to a network, comprising: providing a first device associated with a network, said first device including an RFID reader and a processor associated therewith; providing a second device, including a device identifier associated therewith, that includes information about said second device; placing the first device into close proximity with the second device; reading said device identifier of said second device with said RFID reader when the first device is disposed in close proximity with the second device to receive the second device information at said first device; outputting a network identifier to the second device; using said processor of said first device to determine whether the second device information and the network identifier output to the second device is sufficient to automatically join said second device to said network; establishing communication between said first device and a cloud server to receive additional information about said second device when the second device information and the network device identifier output to the second device is not sufficient to automatically join said network device to said network; and using said processor of said first device to automatically join said second device to said network using at least a portion of the additional information received from said cloud server.