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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Arsham Hatambeiki, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05);
Abstract
A listing of each of the plurality of appliances is used, with reference to a command and/or protocol database, to configure a software agent to exchange communications, via a one or more communication channels, with each of the plurality of appliances. An action triggering state of at least one of the plurality of appliances is associated with an action. The action is performed when it is determined that a current state of the at least one of the plurality of appliances corresponds to the action triggering state.