Patents by Inventor Steven George Dodson

Steven George Dodson 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).

  • Smart light switch with display
    Patent number: 11792308
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating one or more light switch panels into a monitoring system. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of determining to communicate a non-traditional file to a z-wave capable device, communicate a first data packet to the z-wave capable device, based on communicating the first data packet to the z-wave capable device, alter a schedule command class payload of a second data packet to include a first portion of the non-traditional file, alter a schedule command class payload of a third data packet to include a second portion of the non-traditional file, and alter a schedule command class payload of a fourth data packet to include a third portion of the non-traditional file, and communicate, to the z-wave capable device, the altered second data packet, the altered third data packet, and the altered fourth data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Glenn Algie, Casey Hutchinson, Doug Mendonca, Steven George Dodson
  • SMART LIGHT SWITCH WITH DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20220394116
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating one or more light switch panels into a monitoring system. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of determining to communicate a non-traditional file to a z-wave capable device, communicate a first data packet to the z-wave capable device, based on communicating the first data packet to the z-wave capable device, alter a schedule command class payload of a second data packet to include a first portion of the non-traditional file, alter a schedule command class payload of a third data packet to include a second portion of the non-traditional file, and alter a schedule command class payload of a fourth data packet to include a third portion of the non-traditional file, and communicate, to the z-wave capable device, the altered second data packet, the altered third data packet, and the altered fourth data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Glenn Algie, Casey Hutchinson, Doug Mendonca, Steven George Dodson
  • Smart light switch with display
    Patent number: 11418636
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating one or more light switch panels into a monitoring system. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of determining to communicate a non-traditional file to a z-wave capable device, communicate a first data packet to the z-wave capable device, based on communicating the first data packet to the z-wave capable device, alter a schedule command class payload of a second data packet to include a first portion of the non-traditional file, alter a schedule command class payload of a third data packet to include a second portion of the non-traditional file, and alter a schedule command class payload of a fourth data packet to include a third portion of the non-traditional file, and communicate, to the z-wave capable device, the altered second data packet, the altered third data packet, and the altered fourth data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Glenn Algie, Casey Hutchinson, Doug Mendonca, Steven George Dodson