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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Eugene Shteyn, Cuptertino, CA (US);
Eugene Shteyn, Cuptertino, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Network-enabled devices are configured to report changes of state to a monitoring system. The monitoring system is configured to filter each change of state to determine whether the change of state constitutes a reportable event, based on a profile associated with the device. If the event is reportable, it is communicated to one or more other network-enabled devices. Each device is also configured to periodically verify its presence to the monitoring system, and the unexplained absence of the device is treated as a change of state of state of the device. In like manner, a change to the profile of a device is also treated as a change of state of the device.