# US 10,841,166 B2 · Commissioning and personalizing devices in a local area network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,841,166 B2 - Document ID: US10841166B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/846,665 - Filed: 2017-12-19 - Published: 2018-06-28 - Granted: 2020-11-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-22 - Assignees: Netatmo - Applicants: Netatmo - Inventors: Marie Debard; Frédéric Potter; Romain Paoli - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10841166B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/4625: {Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge} - H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks} - 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)} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04B 3/542: {the information being in digital form} - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract The invention discloses devices and methods to commission (i.e. perform joining and binding) and, as an option to personalize, a Home/Local Area Network installed in a building. Preferably, the network is a Zigbee network. The devices comprise a Smart Electric Controller (SEC) equipped with a Zigbee T/R unit and a control circuit, and a Remote Control, equipped with a Zigbee T/R unit and an input module. The joining is triggered by a first predefined event that may be a validation by a network node of a joining request initiated on power up of the SEC or on an electromagnetic signal transmitted in a pair-to-pair communication between the SEC and a network node. The binding is triggered by a second predefined event that may be a taptap or a proximity of a SEC detected by an accelerometer or a proximity sensor embedded in the RC. It may be alternatively triggered by the validation of reception an electromagnetic signal transmitted in a pair-to-pair communication between the RC and the SEC. On binding, a table of the commands fit for controlling the SEC may be made available to the RC, so that the RC is immediately configured to operate the adequate commands. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A smart electric controller comprising: a communication link to an RF network; a processor; a memory storing a table of data representative of a plurality of states of the smart electric controller or values measured or received at the smart electric controller; the processor being configured to: cause a joining of the smart electric controller to the RF network on one of a first predefined event or a single predefined event; cause a binding of a remote control to the smart electric controller on one of a second predefined event, or the single predefined event, said one of the second predefined event or the single predefined event being triggered by the detection the one or more positions of the smart electric controller relative to the remote control match a predefined condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the binding causes an initialization of a table of commands to be exchanged between the remote control and the smart electric controller, said table of commands matching at least part of the table of data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The smart electric controller of claim 2, wherein the initialization results from a copy to/from the memory of the smart electric controller from/to a memory of the remote control of at least part of the table of data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, further comprising one or more sensors, wherein some of the data in the memory of the smart electric controller characterize an output of the one of more sensors. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The smart electric controller of claim 4, wherein the table of commands comprises one or more of change state commands or send sensor output commands. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The smart electric controller of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to cause a sensor whose output is listed in the table of data of the smart electric controller to send an output to the remote control when a corresponding received input data is present in a table of data of the remote control. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the joining and binding requests from the smart electric controller are received at a network node, the joining and binding requests being transmitted by an electromagnetic signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, further comprising a connection to a power line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the first predefined event or the single predefined event is a validation of a joining request from the smart electric controller received at a network node before a predefined time has elapsed after activation of a connection of the smart electric controller to the power line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the one of the second predefined event or the single predefined event comprises one of a shock, a physical contact, a physical proximity, a change of position or a match of position of the remote control relative to the smart electric controller. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the one of the second predefined event or the single predefined event comprises an electromagnetic signal transmitted by the remote control to the smart electric controller. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The smart electric controller of claim 11, wherein the electromagnetic signal is one of an optical signal, an RFID signal or a NFC signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The smart electric controller of claim 1, wherein the RF network comprises a gateway enabling a communication with the smart electric controller and a user device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The smart electric controller of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to exchange one or more personalizing information with the user device through the gateway. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The smart electric controller of claim 14, wherein the one or more personalizing information comprise one or more of assigning a location, a type or a program to execute to the smart electric controller. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The smart electric controller of claim 14, further configured to send data captured at one or more of the smart electric controller or the remote control to the user device through the gateway. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) An equipment having the smart electric controller of claim 1 attached thereto, the equipment selected in a group comprising plugs, switches, lamps, heating gear, cooling gear, actionable windows, actionable shutters, actionable blinders, cooking equipment, food preservation equipment, cleaning devices, entertainment devices, security systems.