公开(公告)号：US11676482B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17573040

申请日：2022-01-11

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jeffrey Kohanek ,  Naimisaranya D. Busek

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/038 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C19/00 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0484

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0383 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G08C19/00 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/50 ,  G08C2201/51 ,  G08C2201/92

Abstract: A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user.

公开(公告)号：US20230155855A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18097603

申请日：2023-01-17

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Paul D. Arling

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L12/64 ,  H04L67/51

CPC classification number: H04L12/2814 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L12/6418 ,  H04L67/51

Abstract: A listing of each of the plurality of appliances is used, with reference to a command and/or protocol database, to configure a software agent to exchange communications, via a one or more communication channels, with each of the plurality of appliances. An action triggering state of at least one of the plurality of appliances is associated with an action. The action is performed when it is determined that a current state of the at least one of the plurality of appliances corresponds to the action triggering state.

公开(公告)号：US11647368B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17686314

申请日：2022-03-03

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jon Gallegos

IPC: H04W4/60 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/41

CPC classification number: H04W4/60 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/41265 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/42202 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: Apparatus, system and method for promoting media apps to an end user of a smart device. The smart device gathers information of apps that have been installed into the smart device and provides this information to a remote server. The remote server compares the information sent by the smart device to an identification of promoted apps received from a remote source to identify apps that are not installed in the smart device that are included in the identification of promoted apps. The remote server then notifies the smart device of which apps in the identification of promoted apps are not installed into the smart device, so that a user of the smart device may choose to have the missing app installed.

公开(公告)号：US11631403B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17148050

申请日：2021-01-13

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: G10L15/20 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L25/84 ,  G10L25/78

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a controllable appliance resident in an environment which includes a device adapted to receive speech input. The system and method establishes a noise threshold for the environment in which the device is operating, receives at the device a speech input, determines a noise level for the environment at the time the speech input is received by the device, compares the determined noise level to the established noise threshold, and causes one or more commands to be automatically issued to the controllable device to thereby cause the controllable device to transition from a first volume level to a second volume level that is less than the first volume level when the determined noise level for the environment is greater than the established noise threshold for the environment.

公开(公告)号：US20230059126A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17406667

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: G06F8/65 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: A system and method functions to make an app as installed on a smart device usable to access a service, such as a media streaming service. A presence of a counterpart to the app as installed on an appliance within a home network which includes the smart device is detected. A user credential, such as a username and password combination, that is associated with the counterpart to the app is then identified. The user credential is caused to be automatically associated with the app as installed on the smart device.

公开(公告)号：US11451618B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16717546

申请日：2019-12-17

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Haiming Huang ,  Nicu Ahmadi ,  Rex Xu ,  Wesley Millora

IPC: H04L67/10 ,  H04W8/24 ,  G06F8/61 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for enabling voice interaction with appliances, services (e.g., media streaming services, gaming services, news feed services, social platform services, etc.), and the like by way of appropriate supplied apps (also referred to as “skills,” “actions,” or the like) which may be presented or downloaded to a smart device having associated therewith one or more cloud-based voice service platforms.

公开(公告)号：US20220215425A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17582882

申请日：2022-01-24

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: A system provides advertising by using a device discovery process to automatically determine an information about a home network system of a user. When it is determined that a first advertisement has been caused to be presented via a first content providing service or a first media access device, the information is used to automatically prevent a second content providing service or a second media access device from causing a second advertisement to be presented.

公开(公告)号：US20210243488A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17217587

申请日：2021-03-30

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Brian Barnett ,  Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Rex Xu ,  Jesus Perez

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N5/775

Abstract: A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.

公开(公告)号：US20210136444A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17149279

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: H04N21/4367 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: A first appliance receives from a second controllable appliance a command for causing the first controllable appliance to be placed into a state and, in response, determines a trust level of the second controllable appliance. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is trustworthy, the first controllable appliance executes the command. When it is determined that the second controllable appliance is untrustworthy, the first controllable appliance ignores the command. Otherwise, the first controllable appliance enters into a state in which the first controllable appliance waits for at least a predetermined period of time for a user to confirm whether or not the first controllable appliance should be caused to execute the command.

公开(公告)号：US20210105598A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US17126370

申请日：2020-12-18

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jon Gallegos

IPC: H04W4/60 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/422

Abstract: Apparatus, system and method for promoting media apps to an end user of a smart device. The smart device gathers information of apps that have been installed into the smart device and provides this information to a remote server. The remote server compares the information sent by the smart device to an identification of promoted apps received from a remote source to identify apps that are not installed in the smart device that are included in the identification of promoted apps. The remote server then notifies the smart device of which apps in the identification of promoted apps are not installed into the smart device, so that a user of the smart device may choose to have the missing app installed.