System and method for provision of appliance control functionality to a smart device

摘要

A system for use in issuing commands to a plurality of appliances each of a specific one of a plurality of different appliance types includes a smart device adapted to transmit command communications and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers each adapted to transmit a command to a one of the plurality of appliances of a specific one of the plurality of different appliance types in response to receipt of a command communication originating from the smart device.

主权项

1. A system for controlling operation of a plurality of appliance each of different appliance type, the system comprising:
a smart device for transmitting an appliance command for controlling one or more of the plurality of appliances; and a plurality of low-energy consuming controllers, each dedicated to serving a single one of the plurality of appliances, each having a memory provisioned with a command code set appropriate for commanding functional operations of the single one of the plurality of appliances, and a processing device coupled to the memory for converting an appliance command received from the smart device to a control signal, in accordance with the provisioned command code set, for transmission to the one of the plurality of appliances; wherein, in response to a one of a plurality of command input elements of the smart device being activated, the smart device determines a one of the plurality of different appliance types which is to perform a command function associated with the activated one of the plurality of command input elements, determines a one of the plurality of low-energy consuming controllers that has been dedicated to serving the one of the plurality of appliances having the determined one of the plurality of different appliance types, and transmits an appliance command corresponding to the activated one of the plurality of command input elements for intended use only by the determined one of the plurality of low-energy consuming controllers that has been dedicated to serving the one of the plurality of appliances having the determined one of the plurality of different appliance types.