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

• US 8,874,150 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jarboe, Andre, Kleinfelter, Kevin, Olsson, Stefan, Kreiner, Barrett, Slemmer, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Safaipour, Bobbak
• Application Number:
  US13/896,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20130253674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 455/500, 370/270, 370/243
• US Class Current: 455/500
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• 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

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products aggregate and distribute changes of state between devices. A plurality of devices communicates with an aggregator. The plurality of devices sends their respective changes of state to the aggregator. The aggregator queries a set of interaction rules to determine how the change of state is disseminated among the plurality of devices.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a change of state from one device of a plurality of devices;

querying a set of interaction rules for the change of state;

retrieving a rule associated with the change of state;

interpreting the rule to require a broadcast of the change of state to the plurality of devices; and

sending the state of change to the plurality of devices,

wherein the change of state from the one device is disseminated to the plurality of devices.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise translating the change of state.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise storing the change of state in the memory.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise querying for the change of state.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an instruction associated with the change of state.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly receiving the change of state.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise interfacing with a sensor that detects the change of state.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a processor, a change of state sent from one device of a plurality of devices;

storing, in memory, a set of interaction rules;

querying, by the processor, the set of interaction rules for the change of state;

retrieving, by the processor, a rule associated with the change of state;

interpreting, by the processor, the rule to require a broadcast of the change of state to the plurality of devices; and

sending, by the processor, the state of change to the plurality of devices,

wherein the change of state from the one device is disseminated to the plurality of devices.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising translating the change of state.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising storing the change of state in the memory.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising querying instructions for the change of state.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising retrieving an instruction associated with the change of state.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising wirelessly receiving the change of state.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising interfacing with a sensor that detects the change of state.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a change of state sent from one device of a plurality of devices;

querying a set of interaction rules for the change of state;

retrieving a rule associated with the change of state;

interpreting the rule to require a broadcast of the change of state to the plurality of devices; and

sending the state of change to the plurality of devices,

wherein the change of state from the one device is disseminated to the plurality of devices.

16. The memory according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise translating the change of state.

17. The memory according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise storing the change of state in the memory.

18. The memory according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise querying instructions for the change of state.

19. The memory according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an instruction associated with the change of state.

20. The memory according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly receiving the change of state.