Patent ID: 8130701

Claim:
A method of managing electronic devices comprising: providing a main server including software for managing network resources from a single point of administration; receiving at said main server wireless data packets from a plurality of wireless electronic devices; determining, at said main server, a registered device among said plurality of wireless electronic devices; wirelessly connecting said registered device determined by said main server to said main server to create a wireless local area network (LAN) including the registered device and the main server; and managing, at the main server, said registered device using said software, wherein said registered device comprises at least one of an appliance, an environmental control device, and an entertainment device, wherein: said step of determining comprises determining a registered device based on a general characteristic of the wireless data packet received from the registered device, and said step of determining a registered device based on a general characteristic of the wireless data packet comprises: identifying a transmit frequency of the wireless data packet; and determining if said transmit frequency is a frequency common to all registered devices on the wireless LAN.