US 12,015,498 B1
Electronic device configuration using dummy devices
Elliott Lemberger, Santa Monica, CA (US); John Modestine, Los Angeles, CA (US); and James Sharpe, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/186,424.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/55 (2021.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2809 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/009 (2019.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/55 (2021.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a first smart home device, the first smart home device including a processor and a network interface, the method comprising:
receiving, at a first time using the network interface and from a remote system, first data representing a first device identifier associated with a second smart home device;
receiving, by the first smart home device using the network interface and from the remote system, second data representing user-defined settings comprising a device label for the second smart home device;
receiving, at a second time that is after the first time, a beacon transmitted by the second smart home device, the beacon indicating an installation procedure of the second smart home device and including third data representing a second device identifier associated with the second smart home device;
determining, by the first electronic device, that the second device identifier represented by the third data corresponds to the first device identifier represented by the first data; and
based at least in part on the determining that the second device identifier represented by the third data corresponds to the first device identifier represented by the first data, sending, by the first electronic device and to the second electronic device, the second data representing the user-defined settings for the second electronic device.