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AssigneeAT&T Delaware Intellecual Property, Inc.
InventorsJohn B. Slemmer, Stefan Olsson, Barrett Kreiner, Andre Jarboe, Kevin Kleinfelter
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Devices and methods are disclosed for establishing device interaction among electronic devices of a device environment and a notification device interfaced with the user. Notification devices allow the user to communicate directly with the device environment, such as by entering information in a mobile phone that has a wireless connection to the environment. A device of the environment has a first transmitter and receiver for communicating with other devices, such as a notification device within the environment. In the instance where a notification device is located remotely, the device of the environment may also include a second transmitter and receiver for communicating with the remotely located notification device through a remote communications transport. A memory stores interaction rules and translation rules, and a processor implements the interaction rules and translation rules to establish interaction with the notification device. Methods may involve detecting a change of state at a device and then communicating with the notification device in accordance with the interaction rules and translation rules thereafter. Methods may also involve directing a message from a notification device to a device of the environment, such as through the remote communication transport, and then communicating from the device of the environment to additional devices.
An aggregator for facilitating communications between electronic devices in an environment comprising:
A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for facilitating communications between a plurality of electronic devices in an environment, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for facilitating communications between plurality of electronic devices in a user defined environment, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.