System and method for appliance detection, app configuration, and smart lock control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart devices lack an efficient method to integrate and control various home appliances, particularly smart locks, in a unified and user-friendly manner, often requiring manual setup and compatibility issues across different brands and communication protocols.
Innovation Solution
A smart device app that communicates with smart locks and other appliances using Ultra Wide band (UWB) technology, allowing for automated detection, app installation, and control of appliances, with features like location-dependent commands and priority-based decision-making among multiple apps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual setup and configuration is used for smart devices, then compatibility issues across different brands and protocols can be addressed individually, but the complexity of user configuration and setup time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic appliance detection and app installation without requiring user intervention. The smart device autonomously scans for appliances on the network, identifies them, and downloads the appropriate manufacturer-supplied apps, eliminating manual configuration steps while maintaining compatibility across different brands and protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides a universal solution that works across multiple appliance brands and communication protocols through a single automated detection mechanism. The setup agent can handle various appliance types (thermostats, locks, washers, etc.) from different manufacturers using the same automated process, making the system universally applicable rather than brand-specific
2Loss of time
If automated appliance detection and app installation is implemented, then user setup time is reduced, but the system complexity and automated processes increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically scanning for appliances and pre-downloading the necessary manufacturer-supplied apps before the user needs to use them. The setup agent proactively identifies appliances on the network and retrieves the appropriate apps in advance, so that when the user wants to control an appliance, everything is already configured and ready
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary setup agent that mediates between the user's smart device and the various appliances. This intermediary automatically handles the detection, identification, and app installation processes, serving as a bridge that simplifies the interaction between the user and the complex automated backend processes
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory, computer readable media has instructions stored thereon which instructions, when executed by a processing device of a first smart device, cause the first smart device to receive from a smart lock device on a wireless network which includes the first smart device a communication having data indicative of a state of the smart lock device and to respond to receiving the data by causing a command that has been linked to the state of the smart lock device to be executed.