Network inclusion of a networked light bulb
AssigneeGreenwave Systems PTE LTD
InventorKarl Jonsson
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Abstract
A unique identifier may be stored in an RFID chip, a bar code, or other methods of passive storage associated with the networked light bulb. The unique identifier may be accessed while the light bulb is unpowered and before the light bulb is put into service. Information is stored in a database that identifies an association between the unique identifier and a particular network. If the light bulb is put into service, the light bulb may send the unique identifier over the network. A device may receive the unique identifier and query the database for information related to the unique identifier. If the unique identifier is associated with the particular network that the light bulb is connected to, the light bulb may be added as an authorized node on the particular network.
Claims20
A method of associating a networked light bulb with a particular network, the method comprising:
- accessing a unique identifier of the networked light bulb with an electronic reader while the networked light bulb is disconnected from a power source capable of powering a lighting element of the networked light bulb and the networked light bulb is not communicating on the particular network;
- storing information in a database that authorizes the networked light bulb having the unique identifier to communicate over the particular network.
A method of adding a networked light bulb to a particular network, the method comprising:
- receiving a unique identifier of the networked light bulb over the particular network by an electronic device;
- querying a database for information related to the unique identifier received from the networked light bulb;
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- adding the networked light bulb as an authorized node on the particular network if the information from the database identifies an authorization for the networked light bulb to communicate over the particular network.
A computer program product for associating a networked light bulb with a particular network, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to access a unique identifier of the networked light bulb while the networked light bulb is disconnected from a power source capable of powering a lighting element of the networked light bulb and the networked light bulb is not communicating on the particular network;
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- computer readable program code configured to store information in a database that authorizes the networked light bulb having the unique identifier to communicate over the particular network.
A computer program product for adding a networked light bulb to a particular network, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a unique identifier of the networked light bulb over the particular network;
- computer readable program code configured to query a database for information related to the unique identifier received from the networked light bulb;
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- computer readable program code configured to add the networked light bulb as an authorized node on the particular network if the information from the database authorizes the networked light bulb to communicate over the particular network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.