{
  "patent_number": "US 12739303",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How a Cloud Server Remotely Controls Smart Devices in Buildings and Cars",
  "original_title": "System and method for server based control",
  "summary": "This patent describes how an internet-connected server can remotely manage smart devices like sensors and actuators in buildings or vehicles, using a continuous feedback system and built-in redundancy for reliable control.",
  "what_it_does": "This system connects sensors and actuators in a building or vehicle to an external Internet-connected control server. A router or gateway inside the building or vehicle communicates with local devices over networks like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and then sends data to the remote server over the internet. The server runs a 'PID closed linear control loop' to process sensor data and decide how to operate actuators. For example, a camera sensor might detect too many people in a room, and the server's logic could then tell an air conditioning actuator to increase cooling. The patent also includes redundancy, meaning it uses multiple sensors, actuators, or communication paths to ensure the system keeps working even if one part fails.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover control systems where the primary control logic runs entirely within the building or vehicle without an external internet-connected server.",
    "Does not cover control systems that use non-PID or non-linear control loops for managing sensor and actuator interactions.",
    "Does not cover systems controlling devices outside of a defined building or vehicle environment.",
    "Does not cover systems that lack both a sensor and an actuator, or where the actuator's operation is not a direct response to sensor input.",
    "Does not cover systems without any form of redundancy in sensors, actuators, or data paths."
  ],
  "filed": "2026-03-04",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "automotive",
    "iot",
    "smart_home"
  ],
  "abstract": "A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739303/system-and-method-for-server-based-control",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12739303/system-and-method-for-server-based-control/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12739303",
  "relatedPatents": []
}