System and method for using machine readable code to commission device applications

• US 9,202,037 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. DBA GE Appliances (Haier Group Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Bultman, Robert Marten
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughan, Michael R
• Application Number:
  US13/491,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332995A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A system for using machine readable code to commission a device application includes a controller, an image capturing device, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is programmed to receive an image acquired from the image capturing device, wherein the image includes a code, the at least one processor is also programmed to access information from the code, and send the information accessed from the code to the controller, wherein the information enables the controller to commission a device application.

Claims

1. A system for using machine readable code to commission a device application, the system comprising:

a first device comprising a controller in the first device coupled to a machine readable image; and

a second device comprising;

an image capturing device; and

at least one processor programmed to;

acquire the machine readable image from the image capturing device, the machine readable image comprising a code with information including a router identification;

access the information from the code; and

send the information accessed from the code to the controller in the first device, wherein the controller in the first device is configured to, responsive to receiving the information accessed from the code, verify the information accessed from the code and, upon verification, to commission a device application for enabling the first device to join a network using the identified router;

wherein the controller in the first device comprises a network coordinator configured to allow one or more routers or one or more end devices to join the network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the code is a quick response code and wherein the information includes a media access control address and an install code for enabling the first device to join the network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein upon receipt and verification of the media access control address and the install code, the controller authorizes the first device to join the network.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the first device is an appliance.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second device is one of a smartphone and a tablet computer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information includes one or more of the following:

a WI-FI router SSID, an encryption type, and a passcode.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the information includes entry information for a warranty card.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the code is a bar code.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the code is a non-graphical machine-readable code.

10. A method using machine readable code to commission a device application, the method comprising:

using an image capturing device to acquire a machine readable image from a device comprising a controller in the device coupled to the machine readable image, the machine readable image comprising a code with information including a router identification;

accessing the information from the code; and

sending the information accessed from the code to the controller in the first device, wherein the controller in the first device is configured to, responsive to receiving the information accessed from the code, verify the information accessed from the code and, upon verification, to commission a device application for enabling a second device to join a network using the identified router;

wherein the controller in the first device comprises a network coordinator configured to allow one or more routers or one or more end devices to join the network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the code is a quick response code and wherein the information includes a media access control address and an install code for enabling the device to join the network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein upon receipt and verification of the media access control and the install code, the controller authorizes the device to join the network.

13. One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

acquire a machine readable image from a separate device comprising a controller in the separate device coupled to the machine readable image, the machine readable image comprising a code with information including a router identification;

access the information from the code; and

send the information accessed from the code to the controller in the separate device, wherein the controller in the separate device is configured to, responsive to receiving the information accessed from the code, verify the information accessed from the code and, upon verification, to commission a device application for enabling the separate device to join a network using the identified router;

wherein the controller in the separate device comprises a network coordinator configured to allow one or more routers or one or more end devices to join the network.

14. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the code is a quick response code and wherein the information includes a media access control address and an install code for enabling the separate device to join the network.

15. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein upon receipt and verification of the media access control and the install code, the controller authorizes the separate device to join the network.

16. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the separate device is an appliance.

17. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the information includes one or more of a WI-FI router SSID, an encryption type, a passcode, and entry information for a warranty card.

18. The one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the image capturing device is one of a smartphone and a tablet computer.