US 12,309,036 B2
Reverse wireless discovery for adding an IoT device to an IoT ecosystem
Carl Sassenrath, Reno, NV (US); and Greg Garner, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,057.
Application 18/466,057 is a continuation of application No. 18/348,117, filed on Jul. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,792,080.
Prior Publication US 2025/0016056 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to facilitate adding a new Internet of Things (IoT) device to an IoT ecosystem, wherein a mobile device is configured to control the IoT ecosystem, the method comprising:
using, by the new IoT device, identification information of the mobile device as a basis to scan for and discover wireless presence of the mobile device; and
responsive to the discovering of the wireless presence of the mobile device based on use of the identification information of the mobile device, transmitting by the new IoT device to the mobile device new-device information about the new IoT device, wherein transmitting the new-device information to the mobile device enables the mobile device to prompt for and obtain user approval to add the new IoT device to the IoT ecosystem.