US 8,533,326 B2
METHOD FOR MANAGING, ROUTING, AND CONTROLLING DEVICES AND INTER-DEVICE CONNECTIONSGeneral
US 8,533,326 B2
METHOD FOR MANAGING, ROUTING, AND CONTROLLING DEVICES AND INTER-DEVICE CONNECTIONS
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Ian N Moore
Art Unit:
2469 Multiplex and VoIP
Agent:
Inventors:
Gordon Saint Clair; Frederick M. Johnson; Amy M. Badore; Charles Rotter; Kamal Shah
Assignee:
Priority:
05/03/07
Filed:
05/03/07
Granted:
09/10/13
Expiration:
04/12/27
Abstract
A system and method for managing, routing and controlling devices and inter-device connections located within an environment to manage and control the environment using a control client is presented. A user provides commands via the control client to a server that maintains a representation of the environment and the devices within the environment. The server provides commands to devices present within the environment in response to user commands and other events, including events from the environment. The commands cause the devices in the environment to adopt specific desired states thereby causing the environment and the devices within the environment to create desired connections by and between the devices and to otherwise control and effect the environment.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L41/0631H04N21/43615H04L