Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A server comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions to: receive registration information from an appliance, the appliance being different than the server, the registration information including identification information of the appliance and information for configuring a user interface, of a mobile device, to control the appliance; receive, over a cellular network, a request from the mobile device, the mobile device being different than the server and the appliance, the request including the identification information of the appliance; and transmit, over the cellular network and to the mobile device, configuration information to configure the mobile device to display the user interface, the mobile device wirelessly controlling the appliance via the user interface on the mobile device.
2. The server of claim 1 , wherein the server associated with an IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) network, and wherein the mobile device, using the user interface, is to transmit one or more commands, via the cellular network, to the appliance to control the appliance.
3. The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to store registration information for a plurality of appliances, one or more appliances, of the plurality of appliances, being owned by a user of the mobile device, and one or more other appliances, of the plurality of appliances, being owned by third parties independent from the user of the mobile device.
4. The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to: store registration information in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file, and transmit the XML file to the appliance, wherein the XML file, is retrieved by the mobile device, from the appliance.
5. The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to: transmit, to the mobile device, a request for a password; and receive, from the mobile device, the password, wherein, when transmitting the configuration information to the mobile device, the processor is to transmit the configuration information based on the password.
6. The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to: authenticate the mobile device based on receiving the request from the mobile device, the mobile device being authenticated based on the identification information of the appliance and identification information of the mobile device.
7. The server of claim 1 , wherein the registration information includes subscriber information relating to whether the appliance is subscribed to a service provided by the server.
8. A mobile device, comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions to: receive identification information of an appliance, the identification information identifying the appliance and being received from the appliance; transmit, over a cellular network, a request to a network server, the request including the identification information received from the appliance and a request for configuration information for configuring a user interface to control the appliance, the network server being different than the mobile device; receive, over the cellular network, the configuration information from the network server; display flail the user interface on the mobile device for controlling the appliance, based on the configuration information received from the network server; and send a control command to the appliance based on a user, of the mobile device, interacting with the displayed user interface.
9. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein, when receiving the configuration information, the processor is further to: receive, via a long-term evolution (LTE) transceiver of the mobile device, the configuration information over an LTE network, and wherein, when sending the control command, the processor is to send the control command, via the LTE transceiver of the mobile device, over the LTE network.
10. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein, when receiving the identification information, the processor is to: receive, via a Bluetooth transceiver of the mobile device, the identification information, and wherein, when sending the control command, the mobile device is to: send the control command to the appliance via the Bluetooth transceiver.
11. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein, when receiving the configuration information, the processor is to receive the configuration information as an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file from the network server.
12. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein, when sending the control command, the processor is to send the control command to the appliance over the cellular network.
13. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein, when receiving the identification information of the appliance, the processor is to receive, via a Bluetooth transceiver of the mobile device, the identification information of the appliance, wherein the processor is further to send identification information of the mobile device to the appliance via Bluetooth using the Bluetooth transceiver, and wherein the mobile device and the appliance are authorized to communicate with each other based on the identification information of the appliance and the identification information of the mobile device.
14. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is to: determine, using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a location of the mobile device, and wherein, when transmitting the request, the processor is transmit the request based on the location of the mobile device and a location of the appliance.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the one or more processors to: receive identification information of an appliance, the identification information being received from the appliance; transmit, over a cellular network, a request to a network server, the request including the identification information received from the appliance and a request for configuration information for configuring a user interface to control the appliance, the network server being different than the mobile device; receive, over the cellular network, the configuration information from the network server; display, based on the configuration information, the user interface on the mobile device for controlling the appliance; and send a control command to the appliance based on a user, of the mobile device, interacting with the user interface.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions to receive the configuration information include: one or more instructions to receive, via a long-term evolution (LTE) transceiver of the mobile device, the configuration information over an LTE network, and wherein the one or more instructions to send the control command include: one or more instructions to send the control command, via the LTE transceiver of the mobile device, over the LTE network.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions to receive the configuration information include: one or more instructions to receive, via a Bluetooth transceiver of the mobile device, the identification information, and wherein the one or more instructions to send the control command include: one or more instructions to send the control command to the appliance via the Bluetooth transceiver.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions to send the control command include: one or more instructions to send the control command over the cellular network to the appliance.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions to transmit the request include one or more instructions to transmit the request based on a location of the mobile device and a location of the appliance.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information is included in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file, and wherein the XML file includes information identifying functions for controlling the appliance.
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February 23, 2016
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