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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Benjamin Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
Da Huang, Kitchener, CA;
Christopher Conover, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lisa Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry Chung, Waterloo, CA;
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various arrangements for integrating control of multiple cloud-based smart-home devices are presented. Registration information may be received for a first and second smart-home device that are controlled using different cloud-based server systems. A determination may be made that that the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device share a common function. The first smart-home device and the second smart-home device may be assigned to a common operating characteristic group based on the common function being shared by the first smart-home device and the second smart-home device. A control element may be provided that allows for control of smart-home devices with the common operating characteristic group. The control element may be used to control the common function.