US 12,069,198 B2
Remote control feature and system and method for use of same
Kevin J. Sweeney, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Vanessa Ogle, Fairview, TX (US)
Assigned to Enseo, LLC, Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Enseo, LLC, Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,161.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,205, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311857 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72406 (2021.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04M 1/72412 (2021.01) [H04M 1/72406 (2021.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for remote control, the system comprising:
a programming interface configured to communicate with a first smart device, the first smart device including a housing securing a processor, non-transitory memory, and storage therein, the first smart device including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the processor, the non-transitory memory, and the storage, the first smart device including a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the first smart device including a user interface associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture; and
the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
establish a first pairing between the first smart device and at least one proximate amenity, the first pairing enabling the remote control of the at least one proximate amenity by the first smart device,
populate the user interface with a request for a telephone number, receive the telephone number,
the telephone number belonging to a second smart device, and
send a link to the telephone number via a text messaging infrastructure, the link including an activation that establishes a second pairing between the second smart device and the at least one proximate amenity, the second pairing is authorized by way of the link, the second pairing enabling the remote control of the at least one proximate amenity by the second smart device.