Automated appliance registration
First Claim
1. A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, comprising:
- initiating a short range radio connection between a short range radio modem of an appliance and a short range radio modem of a cellular telephone, in response to the cellular telephone being brought in proximity of the appliance, wherein the appliance comprises a cellular modem and a short range radio modem, wherein the cellular telephone comprises a cellular modem and a short range radio modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, wherein a server computer stores billing information associated with the cellular telephone, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone;
approving the initiated short range radio connection, by the cellular telephone;
dialing, by the appliance via the initiated short range radio connection, the cellular telephone to communicate with the server computer via the cellular modem of the cellular telephone;
receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the cellular 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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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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5 Claims
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1. A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, comprising:
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initiating a short range radio connection between a short range radio modem of an appliance and a short range radio modem of a cellular telephone, in response to the cellular telephone being brought in proximity of the appliance, wherein the appliance comprises a cellular modem and a short range radio modem, wherein the cellular telephone comprises a cellular modem and a short range radio modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, wherein a server computer stores billing information associated with the cellular telephone, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone; approving the initiated short range radio connection, by the cellular telephone; dialing, by the appliance via the initiated short range radio connection, the cellular telephone to communicate with the server computer via the cellular modem of the cellular telephone; receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the cellular modem of the appliance; and associating, by the server computer, the billing information associated with the cellular telephone, with the appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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