IP Library Granted Patent US 10,554,433
Granted Patent B2
US 10,554,433 · App. 15/740,701 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Method for discovering the configuration of a home-automation facility

Inventors: Sylvain Pognant (Seynod, FR); Hubert Cosserat (Annemasse, FR)
Assignee: SOMFY SAS
H04L12/2807H04L41/08H04L41/12
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Patent No.
US 10,554,433
App. No.
15/740,701
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a method for discovering the configuration of a home-automation facility, the home-automation facility comprising a plurality of home-automation devices and a plurality of central control units (U 1 , U 2 ); the method being executed by a management unit (Sv) or by a mobile terminal (T) connected to the at least one home-automation facility and comprising the following steps: receiving (EDCfT 3 ) a first message (MSScn 1 ) originating from a first control unit (U 1 ) of the plurality of central control units (U, U 1 , U 2 ), the first message comprising a first piece of signalling information concerning at least one first sub-scenario (SScn 11 ) prerecorded in said first central control unit linked with a scenario identifier (ScnID), the first sub-scenario (SScn 1 ) comprising at least one first control intended for the at least one device attached to said first central control unit (U 1 ); receiving (EDCfT 4 ) a second message (MSScn 2 ) originating from a second control unit (U 2 ) of the plurality of central control units (U 1 , U 2 ), the second message comprising a second piece of signalling information concerning at least one second sub-scenario (SScn 2 ) prerecorded in said second central control unit (U 2 ) linked with the scenario identifier (ScnID), the second sub-scenario (SScn 2 ) comprising at least one second control intended for the at least one device attached to said second central control unit (U 2 ); reconstituting (EDCfT 5 ) a scenario (Scn) associated with the scenario identifier (ScnID) comprising at least the at least one first control and the at least one second control, by combining the first sub-scenario (SScn 1 ) and the second sub-scenario (SScn 2 ).

Claims (11)

1. A method for discovering configuration of a home automation installation, the home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation devices and a plurality of central control units; the method being executed by a management unit or by a mobile terminal connected to the home automation installation and comprising the following steps:

i. Receiving a first message from a first control unit among the plurality of central control units, the first message comprising a first signaling information concerning at least a first sub-scenario pre-registered in said first central control unit in connection with a scenario identifier, the first sub-scenario comprising at least a first command intended for at least one device attached to said first central control unit;

ii. Receiving a second message from a second control unit among the plurality of central control units, the second message comprising a second signaling information concerning at least a second sub-scenario pre-registered in said second central control unit in connection with the scenario identifier, the second sub-scenario comprising at least a second command intended for at least one device attached to said second central control unit;

iii. Reconstituting a scenario associated with the scenario identifier comprising at least the at least one first command and the at least one second command, by combining the first sub-scenario and the second sub-scenario.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the scenario is defined for a subset of a group of devices attached to a representative entity of the home automation installation.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the home automation installation is represented by a representative entity associated with a group of home automation devices corresponding to the plurality of home automation devices belonging to the home automation installation.

4. The method according to claim 3 , executed by the management unit and further comprising a registration step in the representative entity of the scenario reconstituted in step iii, in connection with the scenario identifier.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the home automation installation is represented by the representative entity.

6. The method according to claim 5 , executed by the management unit and further comprising a registration step in the representative entity of the scenario reconstituted in step iii, in connection with the scenario identifier.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code instructions arranged to implement the steps of the method according to claim 1 , when said program is executed by a processor of a management unit or a user terminal.

8. A system comprising a management unit or a user terminal arranged to execute the method according to claim 1 , in a manner connected to at least one central control unit of the home automation installation.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055528 FRAME: 0235. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Mar 15, 2021
From: SOMFY SAS
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 055619/0741 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: SOMFY SAS
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 055528/0235 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051777 FRAME: 0687. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: POGNANT, SYLVAIN; COSSERAT, HUBERT
To: SOMFY SAS
Reel/Frame 052255/0619 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING SECOND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 051192 FRAME 0021. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 3, 2020
From: POGNANT, SYLVAIN; COSSERAT, HUBERT
To: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
Reel/Frame 051777/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2019
From: POGNANT, SYLVAIN
To: SOMFY SAS
Reel/Frame 051192/0021 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 15 56297 · Jul 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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