US 11,729,061 B2
Systems and methods for creating virtual devices
Yeqing Lou, Redmond, WA (US); Mark Tan, Seattle, WA (US); Yun Zhang, Bothell, WA (US); and Dongsheng Song, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to Wyze Labs, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US)
Filed by Wyze Labs, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,311.
Application 17/827,311 is a continuation of application No. 17/163,013, filed on Jan. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,374,819.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,558, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360497 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0873 (2022.01); H04L 41/0681 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16Y 40/35 (2020.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); H04L 41/0681 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0873 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method for creating a virtual device that is representative of a combination of a pair of physical devices, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of physical devices that are configurably connected to at least one controller;
receiving, via an interface, first input that is indicative of a selection of a pair of the plurality of physical devices that are to be combined to create the virtual device;
checking compatibility of the pair of physical devices, so as to ensure that the pair of physical devices are combinable to create the virtual device;
presenting, via the interface, at least one function that is performable by the virtual device;
receiving, via the interface, second input that is indicative of a selection of a function to be performed by the virtual device; and
configuring the virtual device to perform the function by implementing a rule on at least one of the pair of physical devices.