Transform Sr Brands LLC

Sears Brands, LLC

Puneet Shivam

Angel Fernando Favila

Nicholas James Shuttleworth

A refrigeration device includes a refrigerated compartment, a door that seals the compartment, a dispenser opening in an exterior surface of the door, and a dispenser outlet in the opening. The refrigeration device also includes a reservoir configured to hold a substance and a conveyor configured to convey the substance from the reservoir to the dispenser outlet. Measurement sensors of the refrigeration device are configured to generate first measurement signals that are indicative a gesture of a hand in the dispenser opening. A control unit of the refrigeration device is configured to ascertain a requested fill height based upon the first measurement signals. The control unit is further configured to generate signals that cause the conveyor to convey the substance from the reservoir to a container placed under the dispenser outlet and cease conveying the substance upon the container attaining the requested fill level.

Method and apparatus for using gestures in a refrigerator dispensing system

Door alarm systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. A door alarm system may monitor a door of a refrigeration device and detect a failed attempt at closing the door. In response to detecting the failed attempt, the door alarm system may generate a notification of the detected, failed attempt so that remedial action may be taken.

Door alarm system and refrigeration device

Systems and methods for switching communication pathways between a mobile device and connected 'Internet of Things' (IOT) device are described to improve scalability and communication between devices. An application on the mobile device may determine whether local or virtual local endpoints are available to route communications without using a remote IoT server endpoint. Communications and updates from multiple co-located, but not necessarily user-related connected devices may be aggregated, and sent to a remote IoT server to reduce the peak load scalability requirement of the server.

Automatically switching communication pathways between connected devices

Refrigeration device with gesture-controlled dispenser

Systems and methods for preventing fraud are disclosed. The system includes, for example, a front end device that is operatively coupled to a back end device. The front end device is configured to generate a first dynamic device identification based on dynamic device characteristics of the front end device. The back end device is configured to generate a second dynamic device identification based on the dynamic device characteristics of the front end device to authenticate the front end device. The front end device can also authenticate itself through an Internet of Things (IoT) device that has a trusted connection to the back end device.

Systems and methods for online fraud detection

A garage door opener system includes a motor, a sensor, a controller, and a network interface. The motor is coupled to the garage door and is configured to selectively raise the garage door and lower the garage door. The sensor is configured to monitor the doorway and distinguish between an object entering and exiting the doorway. The controller is coupled to the motor and is configured to generate signals that cause the motor to lower the garage door into a closed position based on signals received from the sensor and whether the object is entering or exiting the doorway. The network interface is configured to operatively couple the controller to a server via a network. The network interface further provides the server with information obtained from the sensor and receives a table comprising durations that the server customized based upon the received information.

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Schaumburg, IL, United States of America

Puneet Shivam