Patents
US 12482339 B2: Connected device control with external data
- Granted
- 2025-11-25
- Filed
- 2021-12-20 application 17645140
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
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Abstract
Systems and method are provided for controlling a smart home device. In one embodiment, a method, performed by a server, for controlling the smart home device including detecting a smart home device in response to an internet protocol address of a data packet transmitted on a network, determining a function of the smart home device, receiving an event alert from an external data source, associating the function of the smart home device with the event alert, and transmitting a control signal to initiate the function of the smart home device in response to the association of the function with the event alert.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251125.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISH Network L.L.C. 561 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Condon | Denver, CO | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Micah Moore | Windsor, CO | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeffrey Mailloux | Monument, CO | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James Brunner | Parker, CO | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Morgan Kirby | Palmer Lake, CO | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Neil Marten | Lakewood, CO | 52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Luke VanDuyn | Conifer, CO | 81 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G08B | Signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems; order telegraphs; alarm systems | G08B13/19602 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/31 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BRUNNER, JAMES signed 2021-12-08 CONDON, CAROLINE signed 2021-12-08 KIRBY, MORGAN signed 2021-12-08 MAILLOUX, JEFFREY signed 2021-12-08 MARTEN, NEIL signed 2021-12-08 MOORE, MICAH signed 2021-12-08 VANDUYN, LUKE signed 2021-12-16 | DISH NETWORK, L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 58433/539 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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