Patents by Inventor Chris Tunstall

Chris Tunstall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Home automation system including hub device determined time slot wireless communications and related methods
    Patent number: 10536291
    Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include HA operation devices within a structure and HA user interface devices within the structure for respective users. Each HA user interface device may wirelessly communicate with at least one of the HA operation devices to perform at least one HA operation. The HA system may also include HA hub devices to provide communications within the structure for the HA user interface devices and HA operation devices. The HA hub devices may each have an HA hub device identifier associated therewith and determine a wireless communications time slot for wirelessly communicating with corresponding ones of the HA operation devices. Each wireless communications time slot may be determined relative to a reference time with a corresponding time offset based upon the associated HA hub device identifier so that the wireless communications time slot is non-overlapping in time with other wireless communications time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: K4CONNECT INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Andrew Gould, Chris Tunstall
  • HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HUB DEVICE DETERMINED TIME SLOT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190363902
    Abstract: A home automation (HA) system may include HA operation devices within a structure and HA user interface devices within the structure for respective users. Each HA user interface device may wirelessly communicate with at least one of the HA operation devices to perform at least one HA operation. The HA system may also include HA hub devices to provide communications within the structure for the HA user interface devices and HA operation devices. The HA hub devices may each have an HA hub device identifier associated therewith and determine a wireless communications time slot for wirelessly communicating with corresponding ones of the HA operation devices. Each wireless communications time slot may be determined relative to a reference time with a corresponding time offset based upon the associated HA hub device identifier so that the wireless communications time slot is non-overlapping in time with other wireless communications time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Andrew Gould, Chris Tunstall