Home appliance control system and methods in a networked environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7136709
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10978860

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A home control and automation system and method. The system generally includes one or more wireless remote controls, a plurality of appliances (including network enabled appliances and traditional legacy appliances in the exemplary system), associated control centric devices, and associated content centric devices. Various methods for control and operation of appliances in the networked home control and automation environment are disclosed. Specifically, methods are disclosed which enable advanced home control features such as location based control setup and operation, network enabled legacy appliances and system integration, save and recall capabilities for appliance and media states, generic command based appliance controls, dynamic/complex macro command generation, and Internet based control capabilities from remote locations are disclosed in conjunction with the system of the current invention.

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UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC15147 N SCOTTSDALE RD SUITE H300 SCOTTSDALE AS 85254

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arling, Paul D Irvine, CA 174 4951
Black, Jeremy Santa Ana, CA 19 2189
Chambers, Christopher Stanton, CA 48 2867
Dresti, Mauro West Covina, CA 16 2742
Hayes, Patrick H Mission Viejo, CA 267 14899
Lilleness, Robert Cypress, CA 9 1031
Scott, Wayne Newport Beach, CA 58 5527
Yuh, Allen Diamond Bar, CA 19 2188

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