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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:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eran Tal, San Jose, CA (US);

Martin Rehwald, Mountain View, CA (US);

Francislav Penov, Kirkland, WA (US);

Siyin Yang, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Damian Kowalewski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Georgiy Yakovlev, Pacifica, CA (US);

Anupma Chhabra, Fremont, CA (US);

Zachary Chee-Ping Lawrence, College Park, MD (US);

Rizwan Ahmad, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Dung Nguyen Tien, Newport News, VA (US);

Angelica Estefania Escareno, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aidymar Bigio, Hillsborough, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving notifications of events associated with the connected devices, evaluating a plurality of event sequences that include two or more events occurring within a particular time period, and generating a plurality of rules based on the evaluated event sequences. The method further includes receiving a notification of a first event associated with a first connected device on the network, determining that a first rule of the plurality of rules is based on the first event, and sending one or more instructions to connected devices in accordance with the first rule.


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