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Management, control and communication with sensors

Granted 15 Nov 2016 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: NICE NORTH AMERICA LLC · originally Synergenics

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Inventors: Henry Messenger, Ram David Adva Fish · Examiner: John Mortell

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Abstract

A voice call is established using a computing device. A user is instructed to prepare a first device for pairing with the computing device and a server may instruct the computing device to scan for additional devices. The server may identify a first device from a list of devices and may instruct the computing device to pair with the first device.

Claims

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Classifications

10 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section A — Human necessities
  • A61B5/11
  • A61B5/0205
  • A61B5/00
Section G — Physics
  • G06Q10/00
  • G06F17/30
  • G06F3/00
  • G08C17/02
  • G08C17/00
  • G08C19/16
Section H — Electricity
  • H04Q9/00

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Pendency
3.1 y
1,118 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
2
no RCE
Examiner
John Mortell
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Citations: 8 back · 0 forward

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Priority chain

2 priority documents
Priority
26 Oct 2012
earliest claimed
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TypeDocumentDate
provisionalUS 6171927726 Oct 2012
related publicationUS 20140118159 A11 May 2014

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