Systems and methods for the automatic registration of devices

A system for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:

• means for automatically detecting a device at an installation;
• means for extracting registration information from the device;
• means for communicating the registration information to a remote site that does not have requisite registration information associated with the device using a communications network;
• means for registering the device with the remote site based on the registration information;
• and
• means for associating the device at the remote site with a user account based on the registration information.

A system for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:

• a monitoring module that detects a device at an installation;
• a communications network that carries registration information from the monitoring module;
• and
• a remote site that does not have requisite registration information associated with the device and that uses the registration information to register the device and to associate the device with a user account based on the registration information.

A method for automatically registering at a remote site a device located at an installation to allow remote interaction between the remote site and the device, wherein the installation has already been registered with the remote site, comprising:

• conducting object discovery of new devices at the registered installation;
• detecting a new device at the monitoring module;
• extracting registration information from the device;
• generating a registration message, wherein the registration message comprises the registration information;
• and
• communicating the registration message to the remote site, which does not have requisite registration information associated with the device, using a communications network, wherein the remote site uses the registration information to register the device to allow remote interaction between the remote site and the device.

A system for automatically registering at a remote site a device located at an installation to allow remote interaction between the remote site and the device, wherein the installation has already been registered with the remote site, comprising:

• means for conducting object discovery of new devices at the registered installation;
• means for detecting a new device at the monitoring module;
• means for extracting registration information from the device;
• means for generating a registration message, wherein the registration message comprises the registration information;
• and
• means for communicating the registration message to the remote site, which does not have requisite information associated with the device, using a communications network, wherein the remote site uses the registration information to register the device to allow remote interaction between the remote site and the device.