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Automated appliance registration

  • US 8,517,255 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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