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Patent No.:

US 12217038 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2018

Methods and apparatus to control architectural coverings

Applicant:

Hunter Douglas, Inc., Pearl River, NY (US);

Inventors:

James Baugh, Lakewood, CO (US);

Mark Perry, Thornton, CO (US);

David Hoogstrate, Denver, CO (US);

Henk Meewis, Arvada, CO (US);

Assignee:

Hunter Douglas Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kevin L Young

Assistant Examiner:

Joanne G Macasiano

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 67/55 (2022.05); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); E06B 9/68 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6809 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to control architectural coverings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a network interface to communicatively couple the apparatus with a repository via a network, a wireless covering interface to communicatively couple the apparatus with a first architectural covering, a covering enumerator to determine information about the first architectural covering, and a software collector to: retrieve software for the first architectural covering from a repository via the network interface, transmit an advertisement of the software to the first architectural covering, and in response to receiving a request for the software from the first architectural covering, transmit the software to the first architectural covering.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Baugh, James. (2025). Methods and apparatus to control architectural coverings (U.S. Patent No. 12217038). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12217038

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