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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Hayward Industries, Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
David M. Blaine, North Kingston, MA (US);
Kenneth W. White, Jr., East Dennis, MA (US);
Craig Andrew Horrocks, North Kingstown, RI (US);
James Murdock, Wakefield, RI (US);
Douglas M. Sawyer, Jr., Seekonk, MA (US);
Carl Brunetti, Manville, RI (US);
Robert Donald Heon, Warwick, RI (US);
Linnette Rivera, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Hayward Industries, Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Abstract
A pool or spa system includes networked pool or spa devices that can be dynamically configured with network address by a controller. The controller can transmit a device discovery request on a network and can receive a discovery response from pool or spa devices that require a network address. The system determines and assigns the network addresses for the pool or spa devices based on unique device identifiers associated with the responding pool or spa devices. The network addresses assigned to the pool or spa device are transmitted to the pool or spa device to be used by the pool or spa devices to communicate with the controller over the network. The system can be used to discover and assign addresses to various types of pool or spa devices, such as pumps, underwater lights, chlorinators, water feature controllers, remote controllers, and/or other types of devices.