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Device for aggregating, translating, and disseminating communications within a multiple device environment

  • US 6,795,404 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2002
  • Issued: 09/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of establishing device interaction in an environment having an aggregator and a plurality of devices where each device performs one or more unique functions within the environment with the one or more functions of each device being associated with various states, the method comprising:

  • transmitting a message to the aggregator from a first device;

    receiving the message at the aggregator; and

    referencing interaction rules at the aggregator in relation to the message from the first device to direct communications from the aggregator to one or more devices of the plurality, wherein referencing interaction rules at the aggregator comprises detecting from the interaction rules whether to direct communications to multiple devices of the environment such that serial execution or parallel execution of state changes occur at the multiple devices.

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