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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Icontrol Networks, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jim Kitchen, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Proft, Redwood City, CA (US);
Weiping Guo, Redwood City, PA (US);
Kyle McKenzie, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Lea, Redwood City, CA (US);
John Elderton, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan Yang, Redwood City, CA (US);
iControl Networks, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises premises equipment including premises devices located at a premises. The system includes a partner device located at the premises and configured to use a partner protocol different from a protocol of the premises equipment. The system includes a system server configured to interact with the premises devices. The system server is configured to interact with the partner device via a partner proxy corresponding to the partner device. The system includes automation rules coupled to the system server. The automation rules include actions and triggers for controlling interactions between at least one of the partner device and the premises devices. The system includes a user interface coupled to the system server and configured to interact with the premises devices and the partner device.