WIRELESSLY-NETWORKABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING SUCH A DEVICE

A method of configuring a device includes associating a network-connectable device (such as a Wi-Fi thermostat) with a first identifier (such as a first account) established on a network server; using a mobile communication device (such as a smartphone), accessing the network-connectable device using the first identifier, and setting or verifying in the network-connectable device one or more operating parameters (such as a set-point) of the network-connectable device; after setting or verifying the one or more operating parameters, removing the association of the network-connectable device with the first identifier, and permitting association of the network-connectable device with a second identifier (such as a second account) established or to-be-established on a network server and access to the network-connectable device and verification or setting of the one or more operating parameters of the network-connectable device using the second identifier.