Television (TV) as an internet of things (IoT) Participant

• US 10,027,920 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Freiin von Kapri, Anette, Wu, Yun Zhou, Adalgeirsson, Sigurdur, Kator, Kristen, Chung, JaeWoo, Holtzman, Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
• Application Number:
  US15/087,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20170048476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A method and device for a television (TV) device participating in an Internet of Things (IoT) network. An IoT controlling service is communicated with to send and receive messages adjusting a state of the TV device. The state of the TV device is monitored based on an attribute table. The state of the TV device can serve as triggers for one or more routines. A predefined routine is determined based on an actions table. The predefined routine is activated based on a detected TV device state attribute.

Claims

1. A method for a television (TV) device participating in an Internet of Things (IoT) network comprising:

communicating, by the TV device, with an IoT controlling service to send and receive messages adjusting a state of the TV device;

monitoring the state of the TV device based on an attribute table, wherein the state of the TV device triggers one or more routines including actions by one or more electronic devices in the IoT network;

determining, by the TV device, a predefined routine based on an actions table; and

activating, by the TV device, the predefined routine based on a detected TV device state attribute.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined routine comprises linking a series of actions from the actions table to control multiple electronic devices in the IoT network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating the predefined routine by;

displaying available actions on the TV device;

receiving one or more action selections through an interface of the TV device; and

combining action selections to create the predefined routine of chained action selections.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined routine is limited by day of week, time of day, or day of week and time of day.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined routine comprises simulating presence, and operating a structure security function.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined routine provides automatic adjusting of display and audio features for the TV and other connected devices based on content being played.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined routine controls the TV operation and features based on at least one other connected device state.

8. A television (TV) device comprising:

a memory configured to store TV device state attributes and actions; and

a processor configured to participate in an Internet of Things (IoT) network to perform initiation of actions and routines by one or more electronic devices in the IoT network, the routines based on the stored device state attributes and actions;

wherein operation states of the TV device are configured to serve as triggers for the actions and routines, and the processor is configured to determine a predefined routine based on the stored actions, and to activate the predefined routine based on a detected TV device state attribute.

9. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the predefined routine comprises a series of linked actions to control multiple electronic devices in the IoT network.

10. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to create the predefined routine by receipt of one or more action selections, and a combination of action selections.

11. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to limit the predefined routine based on a schedule.

12. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the predefined routine comprises simulation of presence or operation of a security function.

13. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the predefined routine is configured to provide automatic adjustment of display and audio features for the TV and other connected devices based on content played.

14. The TV device of claim 8, wherein the predefined routine is configured to control the TV operation and features based on a state of another connected device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied thereon instructions being executable by at least one processor to perform a method for a television (TV) device participating in an Internet of Things (IoT) network, the method comprising:

communicating, by the TV device, with an IoT controlling service to send and receive messages adjusting state of the TV device;

monitoring the state of the TV device based on an attribute table, wherein the state of the TV device triggers one or more routines including actions by one or more electronic devices in the IoT network;

determining, by the TV device, a predefined routine based on an actions table; and

activating, by the TV device, the predefined routine based on a detected TV device state attribute.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the predefined routine comprises linking a series of actions from the actions table to control multiple electronic devices in the IoT network.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprising:

creating the predefined routine by;

displaying available actions on the TV device;

receiving one or more action selections through an interface of the TV device; and

combining action selections to create the predefined routine of chained action selections.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the predefined routine is limited to a schedule, and the predefined routine comprises simulating presence or operating a structure security function.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the predefined routine provides automatic adjusting of display and audio features for the TV and other connected devices based on content being played.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the predefined routine controls the TV operation and features based on at least one other connected device state.