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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael L S Dodge, Seattle, WA (US);

Charles Shearer Dorner, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/42206 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for providing instruction to devices in the network are provided. For example, based at least in part on the list of currently active devices and the command, a controller can determine a sequence of IR signals associated with at least one currently active device and transmit, utilizing an IR transmitter incorporated with the controller, the sequence of IR signals to one or more of the currently active devices. In another example, an audio command and location information can be received and used to determine where a controller should transmit an IR signal that corresponds with the audio command, based at least in part on the location information.


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