Methods and systems for installing a device at a location featuring a client application capable of displaying installation instructions via a client device

• US 9,100,368 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2014
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rezvani, Babak, Kalin, Edward B., Chen, Jack L., Jalili, Reza
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US14/481,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20140375441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 329 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/505, 340/3.1, 340/539.1, 340/10.1, 705/80, 705/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/02 Mechanical actuation of the alarm, e.g. by the breaking of a wire
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2845 : Telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 : Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 : Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 : Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 : for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 : characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 : comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 : by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 : Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 : Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 : providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 : Directories for service discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 : based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 : Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 : Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 : for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 : Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 : for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 : Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 : Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 : Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 : Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 : Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 : using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 : Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 : Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, by a client application running on a client device, one or more instructions for configuring a device being installed at a location, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location includes generating a user interface including one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location instructs a user to input one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the client application receives the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location via the one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameters settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location instructs the user to press a user-interface component of the device being installed at the location, wherein pressing the user-interface component of the device being installed at the location causes the device being installed at the location to wirelessly transmit a string of data, wherein the string of data is configured to be detectable by the client device, wherein the string of data is configured to at least partially enable the client device to connect to the device being installed at the location via a wireless connection;

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the device being installed at the location the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the device being installed at the location is configured to implement the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location via the wireless connection between the client device and the device being installed at the location; and

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for causing a remote site to register the device being installed at the location, wherein the remote site is located remote from the location where the device is being installed, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location instructs the user to cause a device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location to be communicated to the remote site, wherein the remote site registers the device being installed at the location by performing operations including associating with a user account maintained by the remote site the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for accepting a user agreement, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for accepting the user agreement includes generating a user interface that displays a plurality of terms and conditions of the user agreement and that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement; and

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, the user acceptance of the user agreement, wherein the client application receives the user acceptance of the user agreement via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement;

wherein the client application displays the one or more instructions for accepting the user agreement and receives the user acceptance of the user agreement before displaying the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location, before displaying the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location, and before displaying the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site includes generating a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site instructs the user to input user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, inputted user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein the client application receives the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password; and

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the remote site the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password, the client application running on the client device being communicatively coupled to a communications network, the remote site being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the client device running on the client device being communicatively coupled to the remote site via the communications network, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits to the remote site the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password via the communications network, wherein the remote site creates in a data store the user account based at least in part on the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password;

wherein the client device displays the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site before displaying the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, by the client application running on the client device, the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location includes:

generating, by the client application running on the client device, a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, a user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and a user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for registering at the remote site the device being installed at the location instructs the user to input registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein the client application receives the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed via user interaction with the one or more components for inputting registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed; and

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the remote site the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, the client application running on the client device being communicatively coupled to a communications network, the remote site being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the client device running on the client device being communicatively coupled to the remote site via the communications network, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits to the remote site the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed via the communications network, wherein the remote site registers the device being installed at the location by performing operations including associating with the user account at least some of the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client application running on the client device displays the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location before displaying the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the client application running on the client device displays the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location before displaying the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device being installed at the location is a thermostat.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device on which the client application runs is a cellular mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device on which the client application runs is a system controller, wherein the system controller is located at the location where the device is being installed.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the device being installed at the location is a camera, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, or a rain gauge.

11. Non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for use in a system, wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium is encoded with machine-readable instructions for performing a method comprising:

displaying one or more instructions for configuring a device being installed at a location, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location includes generating a user interface including one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location instructs a user to input one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

receiving one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location is received via the one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameters settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

displaying one or more instructions for connecting a user device to the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for connecting the user device to the device being installed at the location instructs the user to press a user-interface component of the device being installed at the location, wherein pressing the user-interface component of the device being installed at the location causes the device being installed at the location to wirelessly transmit a string of data, wherein the string of data is configured to be detectable by the user device, wherein the string of data is configured to at least partially enable the user device to connect to the device being installed at the location via a wireless connection;

transmitting to the device being installed at the location the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the device being installed at the location is configured to implement the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location is transmitted via the wireless connection between the user device and the device being installed at the location; and

displaying one or more instructions for causing a remote site to register the device being installed at the location, wherein the remote site is located remote from the location where the device is being installed, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location instructs the user to cause a device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location to be communicated to the remote site, wherein the remote site registers the device being installed at the location by performing operations including associating with a user account maintained by the remote site the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying one or more instructions for accepting a user agreement, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for accepting the user agreement includes generating a user interface that displays a plurality of terms and conditions of the user agreement and that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement; and

receiving the user acceptance of the user agreement, wherein the user acceptance of the user agreement is received via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement;

wherein the one or more instructions for accepting the user agreement is displayed before the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location, before the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location, and before the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site includes generating a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site instructs the user to input user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password;

receiving inputted user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password is recieved via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password; and

transmitting to the remote site the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password via a communications network, wherein the remote site creates in a data store the user account based at least in part on the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password;

wherein the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site are displayed before the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location includes:

generating a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, a user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and a user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for registering at the remote site the device being installed at the location instructs the user to input registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed;

receiving inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein the client application receives the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed via user interaction with the one or more components for inputting registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed; and

transmitting, via a communications network, to the remote site the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein the remote site registers the device being installed at the location by performing operations including associating with the user account at least some of the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location are displayed before the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more instructions for causing the remote site to register the device being installed at the location are displayed before the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the device being installed at the location is a thermostat.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium is disposed on a cellular mobile device and the encoded machine-readable instructions cause a processor of the cellular mobile device to execute the method.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the device being installed at the location is a camera, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, or a rain gauge.

20. A method, comprising:

displaying, by a client application running on a client device, one or more instructions for accepting a user agreement, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for accepting the user agreement includes generating a user interface that displays a plurality of terms and conditions of the user agreement and that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, the user acceptance of the user agreement, wherein the client application receives the user acceptance of the user agreement via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user acceptance of the user agreement;

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for creating the user account at a remote site, wherein the remote site is located remote from the location where the device is being installed, wherein the remote site is located remote from the client device, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site includes generating a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for creating the user account at the remote site instructs the user to input user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, inputted user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password, wherein the client application receives the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password via user interaction with the one or more graphical components for inputting user information including a first name, a last name, an email address, and a password;

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the remote site the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password, the client application running on the client device being communicatively coupled to a communications network, the remote site being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the client device running on the client device being communicatively coupled to the remote site via the communications network, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits to the remote site the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password via the communications network, wherein the remote site creates in a data store the user account based at least in part on the inputted user information including the first name, the last name, the email address, and the password;

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for registering at the remote site the device being installed at the location, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for registering at the remote site the device being installed at the location involves generating a user interface that includes one or more graphical components for inputting registration information including a device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, a user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and a user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for registering at the remote site the device being installed at the location instructs the user to input registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user-assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user-assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein the client application receives the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed via user interaction with the one or more components for inputting registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed;

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the remote site the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits to the remote site the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed via the communications network, wherein the remote site registers the device being installed at the location by performing operations including associating with the user account at least some of the inputted registration information including the device identifier that identifies the device being installed at the location, the user assigned device name to be assigned to the device being installed at the location, and the user assigned location name to be assigned to the location where the device is being installed;

displaying, by a client application running on a client device, one or more instructions for configuring a device being installed at a location, wherein displaying the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location includes generating a user interface including one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for configuring the device being installed at the location instructs a user to input one or more parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

receiving, by the client application running on the client device, one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the client application receives the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location via the one or more graphical components for inputting one or more parameters settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location;

displaying, by the client application running on the client device, one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location, wherein at least one of the one or more instructions for connecting the client device to the device being installed at the location instructs the user to press a user-interface component of the device being installed at the location, wherein pressing the user-interface component of the device being installed at the location causes the device being installed at the location to wirelessly transmit a string of data, wherein the string of data is configured to be detectable by the client device, wherein the string of data is configured to at least partially enable the client device to connect to the device being installed at the location via a wireless connection; and

transmitting, by the client application running on the client device, to the device being installed at the location the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the device being installed at the location is configured to implement the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location, wherein the client application running on the client device transmits the one or more inputted parameter settings to be implemented by the device being installed at the location via the wireless connection between the client device and the device being installed at the location.