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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Tom Funk, Littleton, CO (US);

Phil Carpenter, Castle Rock, CO (US);

Robert J. Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);

William R. Walker, Monroe, LA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G05B 2219/14006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing Internet of Things ('IoT') functionality. In some embodiments, a computing system or IoT management node might receive sensor data from one or more IoT-capable sensors, analyze the sensor data to determine one or more actions to be taken, and identify one or more devices (e.g., household devices associated with a customer premises; vehicular components associated with a vehicle; devices disposed in, on, or along a roadway; devices disposed throughout a population area; etc.) for performing the determined one or more first actions. The computing system or IoT management node then autonomously controls each of the identified one or more devices to perform tasks based on the determined one or more first actions to be taken, thereby implementing smart environment functionality (e.g., smart home, building, or customer premises functionality, smart vehicle functionality, smart roadway functionality, smart city functionality, and so on).


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