Patent · US Active

Automated appliance registration

US8517255B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

29References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

Itay Sherman · Hod HaSharon, IL
Eyal Bychkov · Hod HaSharon, IL
Uri Ron · Herzliya, IL
Hagay Katz · Tira, IL
Hagit Perry · Herzliya, IL
Ran Margalit · Ramat HaSharon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2012
Grant date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, including receiving, by a server computer, a message from a cellular telephone, the message including a unique ID for an appliance, wherein the server computer stores billing information associated with the cellular telephone, wherein the appliance includes a modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone, further receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the modem of the appliance, and associating, by the server computer, the billing information associated with the cellular telephone, with the appliance.

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