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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Caroline Condon, Denver, CO (US);
Micah Moore, Windsor, CO (US);
Jeffrey Mailloux, Monument, CO (US);
James Brunner, Parker, CO (US);
Morgan Kirby, Palmer Lake, CO (US);
Neil Marten, Lakewood, CO (US);
Luke Vanduyn, Conifer, CO (US);
DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and method are provided for controlling a smart home device. In one embodiment, a method, performed by a server, for controlling the smart home device including detecting a smart home device in response to an internet protocol address of a data packet transmitted on a network, determining a function of the smart home device, receiving an event alert from an external data source, associating the function of the smart home device with the event alert, and transmitting a control signal to initiate the function of the smart home device in response to the association of the function with the event alert.