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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel John George, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Cameron William Skinner, Woodinville, WA (US);
Chipalo Street, Seattle, WA (US);
Elio Damaggio, Redmond, WA (US);
Juan Perez, Redmond, WA (US);
Olivier Bloch, Issaquah, WA (US);
Damon Luke Barry, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael R. Yagley, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, a virtual IoT device is maintained and controlled to act as a representation of a connected device. Communications are received from an IoT support service. The received communications from the IoT support service are acted in response to, including sending communications to the IoT support service in response to the received communications, and changing the virtual IoT device as if the virtual IoT device were the connected device. The connected device is communicated with based on changes in the virtual IoT device.