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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Richard Anthony Bishel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Richard Anthony Bishel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2843 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus that uses the Internet protocol, TCP/IP, for a home control network. The invention also provides embedded servers, email clients at the electrical boxes. The invention integrates the Internet to the electrical outlet, switch, or appliance boxes using a low cost embedded web server.