Patent ID: 11863343
Assignee: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An automation control apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
a multi-role automation host, said multi-role automation host having connectivity for communicating with a first user device, said at least one user device having a set of user commands to which said multi-role automation host is responsive;
said multi-role automation host operating in a first role in which said multi-role automation host directly controls one or more profiled devices, each of said one or more profiled devices having an associated profile which is accessible by said multi-role automation host, each said associated profile including information which describes a set of device commands to which the associated profiled device is responsive; and
said multi-role automation host operating in a second role in which said multi-role automation host directly controls a first set of one or more devices each of which is certified compliant with a predetermined control protocol, and indirectly controls through a first automation hub a second set of one or more devices each of which is certified compliant with said predetermined control protocol, wherein said multi-role automation host includes an automation bridge communicating with said automation hub using messages in a first form based on said predetermined control protocol, and converting said first form to a second form for processing by said multi-role automation host, wherein said one of more profiled devices become visible to and controllable by said automation hub.