Patent ID: 8457671
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G05B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An aggregator in a multiple device environment, the aggregator comprising: a receiver receiving a change of state from one device of a plurality of devices; memory storing interaction rules for the plurality of devices; a processor communicating with the receiver and the memory, the processor querying the interaction rules for the change of state and retrieving a rule associated with the change of state, the processor interpreting the rule to require a broadcast of the change of state to the plurality of devices; a list stored in the memory, the list defining impermissible associations between devices among the plurality of devices, the impermissible associations related to inappropriate rules to be excised by the processor; and a transmitter in communication with the processor, the processor instructing the transmitter to broadcast the state of change to the plurality of devices, wherein the aggregator disseminates the change of state of the one device to the plurality of devices.