System and method for detecting the removal of a controlling device
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1. A system, comprising:
- a controllable appliance having a wireless receiver and a first timer, wherein the first timer is used to measure a first plurality of timed intervals each having a first predetermined duration; and
a controlling device having a wireless transmitter;
wherein the controllable appliance further has a processing device and a memory in which is stored instructions executable by the processing device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controllable appliance to cause a status notification to be provided to a further device in communication with the controllable appliance when it is determined that at least one of the plurality of timed intervals has expired without a wireless signal originating from the wireless transmitter of the controlling device being received by the wireless receiver.
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Abstract
A system and method for using a controllable appliance to report an inoperable state of a controlling device. The appliance is caused to repeatedly determine, at a first predetermined timed interval, if a wireless notification signal, repeatedly transmitted by the controlling device at a second predetermined timed interval, has been received from the controlling device. When the wireless notification signal has not been received from the controlling device within the first predetermined timed interval, the appliance is caused to issue a status notification that the controlling device is in an inoperable state.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a controllable appliance having a wireless receiver and a first timer, wherein the first timer is used to measure a first plurality of timed intervals each having a first predetermined duration; and a controlling device having a wireless transmitter; wherein the controllable appliance further has a processing device and a memory in which is stored instructions executable by the processing device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controllable appliance to cause a status notification to be provided to a further device in communication with the controllable appliance when it is determined that at least one of the plurality of timed intervals has expired without a wireless signal originating from the wireless transmitter of the controlling device being received by the wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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