SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN AN APPLIANCE AND A HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEVICE

摘要

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for establishing a connection between an appliance and a home energy management device. Upon being prompted by a user, the home energy management device can create a private network for a limited period of time. Then, upon also being prompted by the user, an appliance can request to join the private network. If the appliance satisfies any required security criteria, the home energy management device can securely provide local area network access data to the appliance over the private network. After receiving such access data, the appliance can connect to the wireless local area network and establish a secure connection with the home energy management device via a router of the local area network. In one implementation, both the home energy management device and the appliance can be prompted by the user by simply pressing a button or other user-operable selector.

主权项

1. An appliance comprising:
a processor; a memory; and a network interface; wherein the appliance is configured to connect to a local area network by performing operations, the operations comprising:
connecting to a private network created by a home energy management device;the private network, the access data providing information required for connection to the local area network; andusing the access data to connect to the local area network.