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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Kiban Labs, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shin Matsumura, Los Altos, CA (US);
Houman Forood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Zimmerman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philip Myles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sean Zawicki, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daisuke Kutami, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joel Black, Mountain View, CA (US);
AFERO, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A platform, apparatus and method for Internet of Things Implementations. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory for storing program code and a microcontroller for executing the program code; a communication interface for coupling the microcontroller to a network; a plurality of input elements communicatively coupled to the microcontroller to detect user input; a slot for receiving a selection card, the selection card comprising a plurality of user-selectable items displayed thereon, wherein each of the input elements are associated with at least one of the user-selectable items displayed on the card when the selection card is inserted in the slot; and wherein upon selection of a particular input element corresponding to a particular item, the microcontroller transmits an identification code for the item to a service over the network, the service identifying the item using the identification code and performing one or more operations responsive to selection of the item by the user.