Integrated home service network
First Claim
1. A home controller comprising:
- at least one packet communications interface adapted to facilitate packet communications with a plurality of associated packet communication clients provided by a plurality of consumer electronics devices associated with a residence; and
a control system associated with the at least one packet communications interface and adapted to;
receive an instruction from a first of the plurality of associated packet communication clients via the at least one packet communications interface to establish or control a media session between a second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and a third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients; and
enable the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients to establish or control the media session between the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and the third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients according to the instruction.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a centralized home controller that is used to coordinate a plurality of associated packet communication clients. The home controller provides a centralized and unified control and messaging system for the various packet communication clients. The home controller also allows the packet communication clients to establish and control packet sessions among the associated packet communication clients, as well as between any one of the packet communication clients and remote clients. The packet communication clients are provided in consumer electronics devices, and the associated packet sessions support data, voice, audio, or video content. In one embodiment, the home controller acts as a proxy for the various communications between the packet communication clients.
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28 Claims
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1. A home controller comprising:
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at least one packet communications interface adapted to facilitate packet communications with a plurality of associated packet communication clients provided by a plurality of consumer electronics devices associated with a residence; and a control system associated with the at least one packet communications interface and adapted to; receive an instruction from a first of the plurality of associated packet communication clients via the at least one packet communications interface to establish or control a media session between a second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and a third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients; and enable the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients to establish or control the media session between the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and the third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients according to the instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for integrating consumer electronics devices comprising:
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receiving, at a home controller, an instruction from a first of a plurality of associated packet communication clients via at least one packet communications interface to establish or control a media session between a second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and a third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients, the plurality of associated packet communication clients provided by a plurality of consumer electronics devices associated with a residence; and enabling, at the home controller, the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients to establish or control the media session between the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and the third of the plurality of the associated packet communication clients according to the instruction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for integrating consumer electronics devices comprising:
sending an instruction from a first of a plurality of associated packet communication clients to a packet communications interface of a home controller to establish or control a media session between a second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and a third of the plurality of associated packet communication clients, the plurality of associated packet communication clients provided by a plurality of consumer electronics devices associated with a residence, wherein the home controller enables the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients to establish or control the media session between the second of the plurality of associated packet communication clients and the third of the plurality of the associated packet communication clients according to the instruction. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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