H04L 12/2832
Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks
Official title: {Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks (single bridge functionality H04L12/4625)}
H04L12/2832 (Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks) appears on 422 US grants and 512 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 422
- Published applications
- 512
- Assignees
- 196
- Inventors
- 875
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2003 | 8 | 14 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 29 |
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| 2019 | 30 | 38 |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 |
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| 2022 | 26 | 32 |
| 2023 | 35 | 14 |
| 2024 | 17 | 20 |
| 2025 | 21 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Activation of a home automation controller9 Jun 2026US 12,652,604 B2iControl Networks, Inc.
- Home appliance, and method for outputting information about home appliance7 Apr 2026US 12,598,094 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for controlling home appliance6 Jan 2026US 12,519,675 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between HVAC system networks23 Dec 2025US 12,506,640 B2Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
- Method and device for multiple control of IoT device on basis of C2C account linkage in wireless LAN system in smart home environment11 Nov 2025US 12,470,425 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- System and Method for Integrating Smart Electrical Elements8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312839 A1
- Distributed system of home device controllers18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172305 A1Brilliant NextGen Inc.
- Device operating in smart home system, smart home system and corresponding method19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079458 A1TP-Link Systems Inc.
- Smart gateway devices, systems and methods for providing communication between hvac system networks5 Feb 2026US 2026/0039508 A1Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
- System and method for identifying a type of an electrical device that is plugged into a smart socket11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377391 A1Honeywell International Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Synchronous network for digital media streams2,236US 6,611,537 B1Centillium Communications, Inc. · 2003
- Browser based command and control home network693US 6,288,716 B1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Programming tool for home networks with an HTML page for a plurality of home devices634US 6,182,094 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Home network, browser based, command and control465US 6,198,479 B1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Method and apparatus for controlling network devices459US 6,574,234 B1Amx LLC · 2003