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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Leonard Tsai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling one or more appliances are provided. One or more appliances (), each having one or more unique identifiers and one or more first network adapters can be in communication with one or more first networks (). One or more network adapter devices () capable of bi-directional communication on the first network () and on one or more second networks () can be disposed on the first network (). One or more appliance databases can be disposed in, on, or about the one or more second networks (). One or more handheld controllers () can be in communication with the one or more network adapter devices () and the one or more appliances ().