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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Zhi Cui, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Paul Edward Smith, Jr., Heath, TX (US);
Venson Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system automatically downloads a software application and a routing map to a robot of a smart home (SH) in a smart community (SC); the application facilitates communication between the robot and a smart home controller (SHC) of the SH, and the routing map facilitates determining by the robot of a route to the SH when the robot is at a location outside a preconfigured range of operation for the robot. The method also includes initiating a procedure for dispatching to the location of the robot a carrier robot to transport the robot to the SH, responsive to a request for transport of the robot; the request is directed to the SHC using the software application, and the request is in accordance with the robot not being configured for autonomous movement. Other embodiments are disclosed.