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US 8,874,150 · App. 13/896,419 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

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

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Patent No.
US 8,874,150
App. No.
13/896,419
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
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 (41)

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.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2014
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034602/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2014
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 032973/0688 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2014
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 033034/0354 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2014
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 033034/0387 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2014
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 033034/0494 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2013
From: SLEMMER, JOHN B.; OLSSON, STEFAN; KREINER, BARRETT; JARBOE, ANDRE; KLEINFELTER, KEVIN
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030445/0279 →