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AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsJohn B. Slemmer, Stefan Olsson, Barrett Kreiner, Andre Jarboe, Kevin Kleinfelter
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Devices and methods are disclosed for establishing interaction among electronic devices of an environment. The device has a transmitter, receiver, memory for storing interaction rules, and a processor for learning the interaction rules in association with the transmitter, receiver, and other devices of the environment. The device also includes components for performing the device specific functions and a state sensor for determining the logical or physical state of the device. Methods involve observing at one or more devices change of state activity among the plurality of devices through receiving a change of state message that is transmitted to the one or more devices. A set of rules are learned at the one or more devices based upon observing the change of state activity. The learned set of rules are then applied at the one or more devices to automatically control changes of state of devices within the plurality of devices.
A method of establishing rules for device interaction in an environment having a plurality of devices where each device performs one or more functions within the environment with the one or more functions of each device being associated with various states, the method comprising:
A method of establishing rules for device interaction in an environment having a plurality of devices where each device performs one or more functions within the environment with the one or more functions of each device being associated with various states, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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