Google patents smart home hubs that split tasks among themselves
Google describes a system where smart home hubs automatically detect other hubs on the same network. If multiple hubs are found, they connect and divide control tasks between them to manage devices efficiently. If only one hub is present, it handles all smart home functions alone.
In the filing’s own words
Techniques and devices for a smart-home management runtime by a hub in a home network are described in which the hub discovers if other hubs are present on the home network. If one or more other hubs are discovered, the hub connects with the one or more other hubs, partitions smart-home hub functions between the hub and the one or more other hubs, and based on the partitioning, provides at least some of the smart-home functions to devices on the home network. If no other hubs are present on the home network, the hub provides the smart-home functions to devices on the home network.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of a smart-home management runtime by a hub in a home network, the method comprising the hub: discovering if other hubs are present on the home network; if one or more other hubs are discovered: connecting with the one or more other hubs; and partitioning smart-home hub functions between the hub and the one or more other hubs; and based on the partitioning, providing at least some of the smart-home functions to devices on the home network.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Smart-Home Management Runtime
- Publication number
- US20260270104A1
- Application number
- 19164949
- Filed
- May 8, 2023
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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