INTEGRATED ACCESSORY CONTROL USER INTERFACE

• Main Authors: Nadathur, Anush G, Irani, Cyrus D, Lemay, Stephen O, McLaughlin, Kevin P, Mathias, Arun G, Ramaswamy, Vinay A, Coffman, Patrick L, Soli, Christopher D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.11.2022
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.