Methods and apparatus for using smart environment devices via application program interfaces

US10638292B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Igor Karp · Ismaning, DE
• Lev Stesin · Mountain View, US
• Carles Pi-Sunyer · Mountain View, US
• Mark McBride · La Porte, US
• Alexander Dubman · San Mateo, US
• James P. Lyons · Niskayuna, US
• Samuel W. Kortz · Palo Alto, US
• Gregory J. Hu · Los Altos, US
• Amanda Surya · Santa Clara, US
• Aubrey Thelen · Palo Alto, US
• David Horton · San Jose, US
• Michael Soucie · Boulder, US
• Leon Tan · San Jose, US
• Christopher A. Boross · San Francisco, US
• Jesse Boettcher · San Jose, US
• Tim Enwall · Boulder, US
• Prashant Reddy · Madison, US
• Mark Rajan Malhotra · San Mateo, US
• Evan J. Fisher · San Francisco, US
• Todd Hester · London, GB
• Yoky Matsuoka · Palo Alto, US
• Andrew Urman · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B20/40
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to providing a message to an application programming interface (API). The message includes a request for data from a data model, a submission of data to the data model, or both; and a host selection between: a representational state transfer (REST) host and a subscription-based application programming interface (API) host, wherein the REST host receives REST-based messages and the subscription-based API host receives messages in accordance with a standard of the subscription-based API host; wherein the request for data, the submission of data, or both are configured to create, delete, modify, or any combination thereof data related to a smart-device environment structure, a thermostat, a hazard detector, or any combination thereof stored in a data model accessible by the API.