System and method for provision of appliance control functionality to a smart device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10326875
APP PUB NO 20180034953A1
SERIAL NO

15727407

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A system for use in issuing commands to a plurality of appliances each of a specific one of a plurality of different appliance types includes a smart device adapted to transmit command communications and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers each adapted to transmit a command to a one of the plurality of appliances of a specific one of the plurality of different appliance types in response to receipt of a command communication originating from the smart device.

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  • UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayes, Patrick H Mission Viejo, US 263 13797
Thompson, Brandt Newport Coast, US 17 766

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