Granted Patent B2

US 12,307,226 · App. 17/688,414 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Curtis Deptuck (Scottsdale, AZ); Nicu Ahmadi (San Francisco, CA); Prasanna Moodlamakki Prabhakara (Bangalore, IN); Sarika Desai (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.

G06F8/61

Abstract

Claims (14)

1. A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions wherein the instructions, when executed by a processing device, perform steps for causing one or more apps installed on a smart device to be installed on a centralized, host device, the steps comprising:

receiving information obtained from the smart device;

using the information obtained from the smart device to determine a unique identity for the smart device;

using the unique identity for the smart device to locate installed app information for the smart device;

using an identity for the centralized, host device to locate installed app information for the centralized, host device;

comparing the installed app information for the smart device and the installed app information for the centralized, host device to determine one or more apps installed on the smart device that are not installed on the centralized, host device; and

causing data for installing the one or more apps determined to be installed on the smart device that are not installed on the centralized, host device to be provided to a setup app to thereby facilitate installation on the centralized, host device of the one or more apps determined to be installed on the smart device that are not installed on the centralized, host device.

2. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1 , wherein the setup app is installed on the centralized, host device.

3. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1 , wherein a machine learning process uses the information obtained from the smart device to determine the unique identity for the smart device.

4. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 3 , wherein linguistic data obtained from the smart device is further used to filter or augment results obtained by the machine learning process to determine the unique identity for the smart device.

5. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 3 , wherein geographic data obtained from the smart device is further used to filter or augment results obtained by the machine learning process to determine the unique identity for the smart device.

6. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1 , wherein the instructions use appliance identifying information for a plurality of appliances within a local area network that includes the smart device to determine from amongst the plurality of appliances the centralized, host device.

7. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1 , wherein the instructions use the identity for the centralized, host device to determine from where the one or more apps determined to be installed on the smart device that are not installed on the centralized, host device may be obtained.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 7 , wherein the identity for the centralized, host device is indicative of an operating system being used by the centralized, host device.

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