METHOD OF REGISTERING A DEVICE AT A REMOTE SITE FEATURING A CLIENT APPLICATION CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING REGISTRATION MESSAGES BETWEEN THE DEVICE AND THE REMOTE SITE

摘要

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 maybe 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.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a client application running on a client device, registration information for registering a device at a remote site, the registration information including user account information, wherein the device is configured to perform a function at a location, wherein the client application receives the registration information via user input to the client device during installation of the device at the location, wherein the device is configured to wirelessly transmit a string of identification data, wherein the wirelessly transmitted string of identification data causes the device to be detectable by the client device, wherein the device transmits the string of identification data responsive to user input received by a user-interface component of the device; causing a device identifier that identifies the device to be communicated to the remote site that is located remote from the location of the device; transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the remote site the registration information, wherein the remote site did not have the registration information before, wherein the remote site is configured to: use the account information included in the registration information to locate or create a user account at the remote site; and register the device at the remote site to the user account, wherein being configured to register the device at the remote site to the user account includes being configured to associate the device identifier with the user account in a data store remote from the location of the device.