Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

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›1.independentA method for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nreceiving, at a remote site from an installation via a communications network…+9

›2.↳ 1The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising registering at the remote site a resource of the device.d2

›3.↳ 1The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising registering at the remote site a component of a resource of the device.d2

›4.↳ 1The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising registering at the remote site a virtual representation of the device.d2+2

›7.↳ 1The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising creating, at the remote site, the user account before associating the installation with the user …d2

›8.↳ 1The method defined in claim 1, further comprising communicating a confirmation message to the installation using the communications network.d2

›9.↳ 1The method defined in claim 1, wherein the device is any one of the following: a motion sensor, a video camera, a still camera, a contact sensor, a sm…d2

›10.↳ 1The method defined in claim 1, wherein the device is a household appliance.d2

›11.independentA system for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nmeans for receiving, at a remote site from an installation via a communicatio…+9

›12.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, further comprising means for registering at the remote site a resource of the device.d2

›13.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, further comprising means for registering at the remote site a component of a resource of the device.d2

›14.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, further comprising means for registering at the remote site a virtual representation of the device.d2+2

›17.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, further comprising means for creating, at the remote site, the user account before associating the installation wit…d2

›18.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, further comprising means for communicating a confirmation message to the installation using the communications netw…d2

›19.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the device is any one of the following: a motion sensor, a video camera, a still camera, a contact sensor, …d2

›20.↳ 11The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the device is a household appliance.d2

›21.independentA method for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nreceiving, at a remote site via a communications network, a notification auto…

›22.independentA system for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nmeans for receiving, at a remote site via a communications network, a notific…

›23.independentA method for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nautomatically detecting a device at an installation;determining an identity o…

›24.independentA system for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:nmeans for automatically detecting a device at an installation;means for deter…

›25.independentA method for remotely associating devices with user accounts comprising:

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12 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G08B29/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

340/506709/219705/80340/10.1345/530709/208340/539.1709/217345/473340/3.1340/505

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6 Sep 2000

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60230319	6 Sep 2000
related publication	US 20110050410 A1	3 Mar 2011

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