Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are provided that enable connection of an appliance to a home wireless network. A programmable device, such as a smartphone, is programmed to produce vibrations based on the SSID and password word of a home wireless system. A vibration sensor associated with the appliance produces a signal based on the vibrations when the programmable device is activated and placed in contact with the appliance. A controller within the appliance decodes the vibration signals and uses the decoded information to program a wireless radio associated with the appliance to enable connection to the wireless network.

Abstract: A system and method of remotely binding appliance information to a user's network is provided. At a point-of-purchase, a terminal can communicate with a remote server over a network, such as the Internet, to provide appliance identification information to the server. The server can associate the identified appliance with user data associated with the user purchasing the appliance. The server can also identify appliance data stored at the server based on the appliance identification information. The server can then bind the appliance data to the user's network. For instance, a target object, such as a local computing device (e.g. a home energy manager or local network device such as a network terminal), associated with the user can be identified based on the user data and a path to provide the appliance data to the target object can be specified.

Abstract: A system and method of remotely binding appliance information to a user's network is provided. At a point-of-purchase, a terminal can communicate with a remote server over a network, such as the Internet, to provide appliance identification information to the server. The server can associate the identified appliance with user data associated with the user purchasing the appliance. The server can also identify appliance data stored at the server based on the appliance identification information. The server can then bind the appliance data to the user's network. For instance, a target object, such as a local computing device (e.g. a home energy manager or local network device such as a network terminal), associated with the user can be identified based on the user data and a path to provide the appliance data to the target object can be specified.

Abstract: A system and method of remotely communicating with an appliance system is provided. A remote device, such as a computer, a smartphone, a tablet, etc., can request information associated with a home appliance over a communication network. The information can be stored in a memory of the appliance in a data structure having a plurality of resources organized pursuant to a Representational State Transfer (REST) resource orientated architecture. A representation of a plurality of resources can include a layered structure having a hierarchy having subordinate resources. Each subordinate resource can provide more detailed information. Information relating to a data path needed to read the resource corresponding to the requested information as well as information relating to navigating to subordinate resources if requested can be included in the representation of each resource. The home appliance can provide the remote device a representation of the resource corresponding to the requested information.