IP Library Granted Patent US 12,562,936
Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,936 · App. 18/376,753 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Automatic scene creation using home device control

Inventors: Aaron T. Emigh (Incline Village, NV); Steven Stanek (Fremont, CA); Jeremy Hiatt (San Mateo, CA); Ashley Chou (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Brilliant NextGen Inc.
H04L12/2829G05B15/02G06N20/00H04L12/2814H04L12/282
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Patent No.
US 12,562,936
App. No.
18/376,753
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A distributed system of home device controllers can control a set of home devices. A home device controller of the system can determine a set of configurations for a set of home devices being repeatedly configured by a user. The controller can automatically display a selectable feature indicating a suggested scene corresponding to the set of configurations for the set of home devices. The system can receive one or more inputs to select the suggested scene, and based at least in part on the one or more inputs, associate the suggest scene with a set of triggers. In response to detecting the set of triggers, the controller can automatically transmit a set of commands that correspond to the suggested scene to the set of home devices to execute the suggested scene.

Claims (22)

1 . A system for controlling home devices in an environment, the system comprising:

at least a first home device controller comprising:

a wireless communication interface;

a display screen;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first home device controller to:

determine, at multiple times, a set of configurations for that have been applied to a set of home devices of the environment to implement one or more scenes, the set of configurations being repeatedly configured by a one or more users interacting with the first home device controller;

determine at least one of a timing or a contextual correlation with respect to the set of configurations that are applied to the set of home devices;

based on the at least one of the timing or the contextual correlation, determine a set of triggers for implementing one or more scenes;

automatically display, on the display screen, a selectable feature indicating a suggested scene of the one or more scenes;

receive one or more inputs to select the suggested scene;

based at least in part on the one or more inputs, associate the suggested scene with the set of triggers; and

in response to detecting a trigger in the set of triggers, automatically transmit a set of commands that correspond to the suggested scene to the set of home devices, the set of commands causing the set of home devices to applying a corresponding configuration for implementing the suggested scene.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of triggers are determined using machine learning.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of triggers are based on one or more timing constraints.

4 . The network system of claim 3 , the one or more timing constraints indicate at least one a time of day, a day of week, or a holiday.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of triggers are based on one or more contextual constraints.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the one or more contextual constraints corresponds to a user entering or leaving the environment.

7 . The system of claim 1 , the one or more contextual constraints corresponds to a user performing an action within the environment.

8 . The system of claim 1 , the one or more contextual constraints are detected by the one or more processors performing image recognition on images captured by a camera of the first home device controller.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of home devices comprise at least one of a lighting system, a digital photo display system, a television, an audio system, a temperature control system, a fan controller, a window control system, a security system, or one or more kitchen appliances.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the suggested scene is determined by applying machine learning to historical information about the one or more users interacting with the first home device controller at the one or more times.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2025
From: BRILLIANT HOME TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: BRILLIANT LIQUIDATION, LLC
Reel/Frame 070225/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2025
From: BRILLIANT LIQUIDATION, LLC
To: BRILLIANT NEXTGEN INC.
Reel/Frame 070225/0396 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17348536 · Jun 15, 2021
Continuation 16241945 · Jan 7, 2019
Provisional Application 62615004 · Jan 8, 2018
Related Publication 20240113910A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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