H04L 12/2816
Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities
Official title: {Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities (arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00)}
H04L12/2816 (Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities) appears on 4,547 US grants and 5,700 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for optimal control of smart appliances by energy efficient autonomous systems25 Aug 2026US 12,717,293 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Conversation merging for electronic devices18 Aug 2026US 12,712,870 B2Apple Inc.
- System and method of operating household appliances8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312838 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Central Monitoring and Measurement System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301560 A1
- System for Managing Energy Consumption in Household Appliances and Electrically Powered Devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303400 A1
- Generating Actionable Insights from Smart Home Event Data1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303401 A1Google Inc.
- Doorbell communication systems and methods1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303402 A1SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC
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- System and method for request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment in the home environment1,801US 6,778,869 B2Sony Corporation · 2004
- Expandable home automation system1,640US 5,086,385 ACustom Command Systems · 1992
- Power receptacle wireless access point devices for networked living and work spaces1,051US 9,325,516 B2Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. · 2016
- Refrigeration monitor unit797US 6,453,687 B2Robertshaw Controls Company · 2002
- Graphical user interface for interactive television with an animated agent733US 5,524,195 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1996