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US 2017/0201586 A1Published application
Controlling devices using cloud services and device-agnostic pipe mechanisms
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorEhab SOBHY
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Abstract
An environment is described in which a cloud-implemented service system controls a plurality of target devices via a plurality of respective device-agnostic pipe mechanisms. The target devices themselves may represent “dumb” devices, e.g., lacking local control logic, or providing reduced reliance on local control logic. Users may interact with the service system via applications running on any type of user devices.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A service-controlled switch comprising:
- a male plug configured to be inserted into an alternating-current power outlet;
- a female plug configured to mate with another male plug of a target device;
- and
- a pipe mechanism configured to selectively control application of alternating current power to the target device based at least on control instructions received from a remote service system.
1 more element
A switch comprising:
- a first connector configured to interface with a power source;
- a second connector configured to interface with a target device;
- and
- a processing module configured to selectively control application of electrical power to the target device based at least on control instructions received from a remote system.
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A system comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- a computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to:
- receive input from a remote user;
- and
- based at least on the input from the remote user, selectively control a switch to apply alternating current electrical power to a target device by sending one or more instructions to the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.