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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2024
Automated Pet Care Products, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Brad Baxter, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jacob Zuppke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring and controlling a device, the system including: a) an automated litter device, which is the device, including: i) a chamber for holding litter and configured to rotate during a cleaning cycle, ii) a support base, iii) a waste drawer, iv) sensors configured to detect a plurality of conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to the plurality of conditions, v) a controller, and vi) a communication module which is a wireless communication module; b) a user interface which is a mobile computing device; and c) a network; wherein the wireless communication module is in wireless communication with the user interface via the network to transmit one or more status signals associated with the one or more of the sensors to the user interface and receive one or more instruction signals via the user interface.