Patents by Inventor William Kent Layton

William Kent Layton 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).

  • Systems and methods for controlling home and commercial environments including one touch and intuitive functionality
    Patent number: 9507327
    Abstract: To provide an improved system for home environment control, in one embodiment, a system for controlling a living environment includes a computing device having a touch screen input system, the computing device including an interface. The interface includes a graphical representation of the living environment. The interface provides for control of a plurality of systems distributed in the living environment. The plurality of environmental systems is distributed in a plurality of rooms that make up the living environment. The interface is configured to activate a portion of the plurality of environmental systems upon a single touch command of a user received by the interface via the touch screen input system of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LIAISON HOME AUTOMATION, LLC
    Inventor: William Kent Layton
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING HOME AND COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING ONE TOUCH AND INTUITIVE FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20130282180
    Abstract: To provide an improved system for home environment control, in one embodiment, a system for controlling a living environment includes a computing device having a touch screen input system, the computing device including an interface. The interface includes a graphical representation of the living environment. The interface provides for control of a plurality of systems distributed in the living environment. The plurality of environmental systems is distributed in a plurality of rooms that make up the living environment. The interface is configured to activate a portion of the plurality of environmental systems upon a single touch command of a user received by the interface via the touch screen input system of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Electronic Environments U.S.
    Inventor: William Kent Layton