公开(公告)号：US20230127500A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US17507617

申请日：2021-10-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Burks ,  Anush G. Nadathur ,  Srinivas Rama ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Joe Abuan ,  Harlan Haskins

IPC: H04L12/28

Abstract: Controllers can be used to control the operation of various accessories. A group of accessories can be organized into an accessory network that can facilitate coordinated control of multiple accessories. The accessory network can be organized according to an environment model that can include a hierarchical representation of a physical environment where accessories are present. The environment model can be synchronized across different controllers that have access to the accessories.

公开(公告)号：US20230023775A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17949908

申请日：2022-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Joe Abuan ,  Bob Bradley ,  Craig Dooley ,  Gregg Golembeski, JR. ,  Andrew Burks ,  Srinivas Rama ,  Arun Mathias ,  Anush Nadathur ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin

IPC: H04L43/10 ,  H04W12/50 ,  G06F11/30 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/44 ,  H04L9/00 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A uniform protocol can facilitate secure, authenticated communication between a controller device and an accessory device that is controlled by the controller. An accessory and a controller can establish a pairing, the existence of which can be verified at a later time and used to create a secure communication session. The accessory can provide an accessory definition record that defines the accessory as a collection of services, each service having one or more characteristics. Within a secure communication session, the controller can interrogate the characteristics to determine accessory state and/or modify the characteristics to instruct the accessory to change its state.

公开(公告)号：US20220360748A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17874095

申请日：2022-07-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Cyrus D. Irani ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Anush G. Nadathur ,  Arun G. Mathias ,  Vinay A. Ramaswamy ,  Christopher D. Soli ,  Patrick L. Coffman ,  Stephen O. Lemay

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L65/61 ,  G07C9/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/77 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04L43/0864 ,  H04L47/283 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L67/146 ,  G06F3/048

Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.

公开(公告)号：US11018862B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16105464

申请日：2018-08-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anush G. Nadathur ,  Gokul P. Thirumalai ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Matthew C. Lucas ,  Andrew Burks

IPC: H04L9/14 ,  H04L9/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04L12/64 ,  H04W12/033 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/02

Abstract: A relay service can relay messages between controllers and electronically controllable accessory devices that may be located remotely from the controllers. Relaying of messages by the relay service can be decoupled from any knowledge of the functionality of the accessory or the content of the messages. Device identification and relaying of messages can be managed using “relay aliases” that are meaningful only to the relay service and the endpoint devices (the controller and accessory). The endpoint devices can implement end-to-end security for messages transported by the relay service.

公开(公告)号：US11010416B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16714078

申请日：2019-12-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Smith ,  Reed E. Olsen ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Anush G. Nadathur

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06F16/432 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: In some implementations, a coordinator device can prefetch images from a camera accessory in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory. For example, the coordinator device can prefetch an image in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory so that the captured image is contemporaneous with the doorbell event and to avoid making multiple subsequent requests for the same image from the camera accessory when multiple user devices request the captured image. The coordinator device can store the image received from the camera accessory and serve the image to user devices when the user devices request a snapshot image corresponding to the doorbell event.

公开(公告)号：US10715399B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15275342

申请日：2016-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Serhat S. Bucak ,  Sumit Saxena ,  Anush Nadathur ,  Arun Mathias

IPC: G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W4/00 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06F9/451 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: In some implementations, a user device can automatically generate scene suggestions and/or trigger suggestions. For example, a scene can be a collection of accessories and corresponding accessory states. When the scene is invoked, the user device can cause the accessories associated with the scene to assume the corresponding accessory states. The user device can automatically determine the accessories and/or corresponding accessory states for a scene based on historical patterns of use represented in historical accessory state data. The user device can automatically determine triggers for automatically invoking scenes based on historical patterns of use. For example, the user device can analyze historical context (e.g., location, time, accessory state, etc.) data associated with accessory state transitions to determine triggers for automatically invoking a scene. The user device can present suggest scenes and/or triggers to the user of the user device.

公开(公告)号：US09979625B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14614914

申请日：2015-02-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Andrew Burks ,  Srinivas Rama ,  Anush Nadathur ,  Joe Abuan ,  Bob Bradley ,  Craig Dooley ,  Gregg Golembeski, Jr. ,  Arun Mathias

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/26 ,  G06F11/30 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06

CPC classification number: H04L43/10 ,  G06F11/3051 ,  H04L9/006 ,  H04L9/0841 ,  H04L9/0861 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L63/0442 ,  H04L63/061 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/18 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06

Abstract: A uniform protocol can facilitate secure, authenticated communication between a controller device and an accessory device that is controlled by the controller. An accessory and a controller can establish a pairing, the existence of which can be verified at a later time and used to create a secure communication session. The accessory can provide an accessory definition record that defines the accessory as a collection of services, each service having one or more characteristics. Within a secure communication session, the controller can interrogate the characteristics to determine accessory state and/or modify the characteristics to instruct the accessory to change its state.

公开(公告)号：US20180091326A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15275343

申请日：2016-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Serhat S. Bucak ,  Sumit Saxena ,  Anush Nadathur

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L12/2807 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/4625 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L41/0813 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/22

Abstract: In some implementations, a resident device can automatically generate scene suggestions and/or trigger suggestions based on historical data aggregated from multiple user devices. For example, a resident device can be a user device that is (e.g., mostly) kept in the home environment. Therefore, the resident device is able to collect accessory state and/or context data when another user device may not be connected to the accessories in the home environment. Moreover, the resident device can collect and/or aggregate accessory state data, context data, and user device state data from across multiple user devices. The resident device can automatically determine the accessories and/or corresponding accessory states for a scene and/or scene triggers based on historical patterns of use represented in the aggregated historical accessory state data. The user device can present suggest scenes and/or triggers to the user of the user device.

公开(公告)号：US20180004747A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15626819

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin A. Smith ,  Reed E. Olsen ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Anush G. Nadathur

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: In some implementations, a coordinator device can prefetch images from a camera accessory in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory. For example, the coordinator device can prefetch an image in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory so that the captured image is contemporaneous with the doorbell event and to avoid making multiple subsequent requests for the same image from the camera accessory when multiple user devices request the captured image. The coordinator device can store the image received from the camera accessory and serve the image to user devices when the user devices request a snapshot image corresponding to the doorbell event.

公开(公告)号：US20170359190A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15274353

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anush G. Nadathur ,  Srinivas Rama ,  Matthew C. Lucas ,  Nathan E. Carroll ,  Kevin P. McLaughlin ,  Thomas A. Dilligan ,  Arun G. Mathias

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W84/20

CPC classification number: H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2816 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: An automated environment can include multiple controller devices capable of communicating with multiple accessory devices. The controller devices can automatically elect one of their number as a coordinator device for the environment and can automatically perform a new election if an incumbent coordinator becomes unavailable or resigns. The election processes can be transparent to any users. An elected coordinator can perform various operations to facilitate management of the automated environment, including routing of communications between controllers and accessories.