Node unregisterable without user account at remote site

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016007314-A1
Application number	US-201514856848-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 17, 2015
Priority date	Sep 6, 2000
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A node disposed at a location remote from a remote site, the node comprising:
processing components; communication components for enabling communication; and software that is configured to be executable by the processing components of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the software is configured to facilitate, at least in part, registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site at least partially involves associating with a user account at the remote site an identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, and wherein the user account must be created at the remote site before the node can be registered at the remote site.

2 . The node of claim 1 , wherein the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is configured to facilitate registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site by causing the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to:
transmit, via a wireless communications network, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site.

3 . The node of claim 1 , wherein the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is configured to facilitate registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site by causing the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to:
transmit, via a wireless communications network, to a client application executing on a client device the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the client application executing on the client device transmits, via the Internet, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site.

4 . The node of claim 1 , wherein the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is configured to facilitate registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site by causing the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to:
output a wireless signal that enables communication, via a first wireless communications network, between a client application executing on a client device and the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the client application executing client device is configured to output information about a second wireless communications network; obtain, via the first communications network, the outputted information about the second wireless communications network; and transmit, via the second wireless communications network, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the obtained information about the second wireless communications network at least partially facilitates transmitting, via the second wireless communications network, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site.

5 . The node of claim 1 , wherein the software is configured to cause a functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to be inoperable unless the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site has been registered at the remote site.

6 . The node of claim 5 , wherein the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is configured to:
obtain an instruction to perform an operation involving the functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site; and permitting the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to perform the operation if the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site has been registered at the remote site.

7 . The node of claim 5 , wherein the functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site relates to capturing an image or video at the location remote from the remote site.

8 . The node of claim 5 , wherein the functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site relates to detecting or sensing motion or sound at the location remote from the remote site.

9 . The node of claim 5 , wherein the functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site relates to detecting or sensing temperature or humidity at the location remote from the remote site.

10 . The node of claim 5 , wherein the functionality of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site relates to detecting or sensing smoke or carbon monoxide at the location remote from the remote site.

11 . The node of claim 1 , wherein the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is or includes a camera, a thermostat, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, or a rain gauge.

12 . A method, comprising:
facilitating, by software of a node disposed at a location remote from a remote site, registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site includes processing components and communication components, wherein the software is configured to be executable by the processing components of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site is identifiable by an identifier; wherein registration at the remote site of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site at least partially involves associating with a user account at the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site; wherein the user account must be created at the remote site before the node can be registered at the remote site.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
facilitating, by the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, registration at the remote site by causing the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to transmit, via a wireless communications network, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
facilitating, by the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, registration at the remote site by causing the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site to transmit, via a wireless communications network, to a client application executing on a client device the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, wherein the client application executing on the client device transmits, via the Internet, to the remote site the identifier that identifies the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
facilitating, by the software of the node disposed at the location remote from the remote site, registration at the remote site by causing the node disposed at th

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Rezvani Babak
• Kalin Edward B
• Chen Jack L
• Sloo David

Classifications

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04W4/003

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W60/04 Primary

  using triggered events · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title