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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Lucas Finkelstein, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stephen Sewerynek, Foster City, CA (US);
Benjamin K Gibbs, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Aiuto, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robey Pointer, San Jose, CA (US);
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method for reduced latency control of IoT devices. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: associating a control device with one or more internet of things (IoT) devices, the control device including a wireless interface supporting broadcast messages over advertising channels and the one or more IoT devices including wireless interfaces supporting listening for the broadcast messages over the advertising channels; generating an advertising packet including an indication of an operation to be performed by the one or more IoT devices and generating a signature with a control device key; receiving the advertising packet at an IoT device of the one or more IoT devices; validating the signature using an IoT device key corresponding to the control device key; and performing the operation by the IoT device.