Systems and methods for interaction with an IoT device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158536-B2
Application number	US-201514959380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	May 1, 2014
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to techniques for interacting with an electronic device. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to initiating action(s) using an interface configured to control operation of IoT devices. An example embodiment includes receiving, at a computing device, a communication including a unique identifier for a network device connected to a network, using the unique identifier to determine a resource bundle for the network device, the resource bundle defining an interface module for the network device, wherein the interface module is configured to display one or more interface elements usable to control the network device, and transmitting the resource bundle, wherein when the resource bundle is received, the resource bundle facilitates generating the interface module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, information associated with a device connected to a network, wherein the information includes criteria for operation of the device, and wherein the device is different than the computing device;
storing the information on a cache of the computing device;
receiving updated information associated with the device, wherein the updated information includes updates to the stored information;
modifying the information stored on the cache using the updated information;
detecting a request for current information associated with the device;
determining whether an amount of computing resources available for the computing device satisfies a resource threshold;
determining whether updates exist for the information stored on the cache when the resource threshold is satisfied;
retrieving the current information from the information stored on the cache, wherein the retrieved current information is a latest version of the updated information stored on the cache;
transmitting the retrieved current information to the network, wherein when the current information is received, the current information is displayed on a display associated with the device; and
receiving, at the display, a user input associated with the current information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information includes device information identifying devices connected to the network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request includes a discovery request for current device information identifying devices connected to the network.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is included in a router device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the criteria includes operation criteria and instruction criteria.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the network, a request for updates to the stored information, wherein the request indicates a version of the information currently stored on the cache.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated information is received from a device connected to the network.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the information stored on the cache includes:
identifying a difference between the updated information and the information stored on the cache; and
updating the cache with the updated information based on the identified difference.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein requests for current information associated with a device are received and transmitted using a cloud network.

10. A system, comprising:
one or more data processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
receiving, by a computing device, information associated with a device connected to a network, wherein the information includes criteria for operation of the device, and wherein the network device is different than the computing device;
storing the information on a cache of the computing device;
receiving updated information associated with the device, wherein the updated information includes updates to the stored information;
modifying the information stored on the cache using the updated information;
detecting a request for current information associated with the device;
determining whether an amount of computing resources available for the computing device satisfies a resource threshold;
determining whether updates exist for the information stored on the cache when the resource threshold is satisfied;
retrieving the current information from the information stored on the cache, wherein the retrieved current information is a latest version of the updated information stored on the cache;
transmitting the retrieved current information to the network, wherein when the current information is received, the current information is displayed on a display associated with the device; and
receiving, at the display, a user input associated with the current information.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the information includes device information identifying devices connected to the network.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request includes a discovery request for current device information identifying devices connected to the network.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the computing device is included in a router device.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the criteria includes operation criteria and instruction criteria.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transmitting, to the network, a request for updates to the stored information, wherein the request indicates a version of the information currently stored on the cache.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the updated information is received from a device connected to the network.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein modifying the information stored on the cache includes:
identifying a difference between the updated information and the information stored on the cache; and
updating the cache with the updated information based on the identified difference.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein requests for current information associated with a device are received and transmitted using a cloud network.

19. A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including:
receiving, by a computing device, information associated with a device connected to a network, wherein the information includes criteria for operation of the device, and wherein the network device is different than the computing device;
storing the information on a cache of the computing device;
updated information associated with the device, wherein the updated information includes updates to the stored information;
modifying the information stored on the cache using the updated information;
detecting a request for current information associated with the device;
determining whether an amount of computing resources available for the computing device satisfies a resource threshold;
determining whether updates exist for the information stored on the cache when the resource threshold is satisfied;
retrieving the current information from the information stored on the cache, wherein the retrieved current information is a latest version of the updated information stored on the cache;
transmitting the retrieved current information to the network, wherein when the current information is received, the current information is displayed on a display associated with the device; and
receive, at the display, a user input associated with the current information.

20. The computer-program product of claim 19 , wherein the information includes device information identifying devices connected to the network.

21. The computer-program product of claim 19 , wherein the request includes a discovery request for current device information identifying devices connected to the network.

22. The computer-program product of claim 19 , wherein the computing device is included in a router device.

23. The computer-program product of claim 19 , wherein the criteria includes operation criteria and instruction criteria.

24. The computer-program product of claim 19 , further comp

Assignees

• Belkin International Inc
• Belkin International Inc

Inventors

• Kim Ryan Yong
• Plummer Jon Robertsen
• Son Euchong
• Pathuri Venkata Subba Rao

Classifications

• G06F21/73 Primary

  by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers · CPC title

• H04L12/2807

  Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04W4/70

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04L12/2834

  Switching of information between an external network and a home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856) · CPC title