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1. A controlled appliance device, comprising:
an appliance that takes an action based on a local command, said appliance having a network part, which automatically connects to a local network and to the internet, and which and establishes a communication with a first computer device which is accessible over the network, wherein said automatically connects is from said first computer device, to the Internet, and from the Internet to said appliance; said network part receiving commands which have been communicated via the internet and which change an operation which is currently being carried out by said appliance; wherein said network part carries out a security routine, which identifies said first computer device to said network part, prior to accepting commands from said first computer device over the internet, where said security routine communicates over only a local network to said first computer device, and requires communicating only over the local network, and said commands communicate over only the internet and are relayed via the internet to said appliance, wherein said network part establishes a connection with said first computer device that has internet access and that is remote from said appliance, and accepts commands from said first computer device, and wherein said appliance runs a security routine that requires communicating with said first computer device and determining if said first computer device is authorized to control said appliance device over said local network, and accepts commands only from first computers which are authorized to control said appliance device over the network, where said security routine pairs said appliance with said first computer device and stores details about said first computer device, and thereafter accepts commands for commanding said appliance, wherein said security routine requires communicating with said first computer device over a local network and determining if said first computer is authorized to control said appliance over said local network, and pairs said appliance with said first computer over the local network while checking to determine that the pairing is over the local network, and stores details about said first computer, and thereafter accepts commands from said first computer over the internet. |
