The public record
Every grant, with its number.
Every patent that names me, every number linked to its filing, and the arithmetic printed at the bottom.
The family inventory
The patents below are the paper trail: 65 granted U.S. patents across the uControl-era and legacy-iControl families, with continuations Comcast is still prosecuting today.
- grants
- 65
- groups
- 6
- 2009 — 2026
- 17 yrs
The platform core
The configurable controller
The platform patent beneath uControl, iControl, and Xfinity Home-class products. Continuations through Dec 2023.
US8638211 US11856502
+3
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US10674428 US11356926 US11778534
An app model for the security touchscreen
Device integration framework
Customizable audio alerts and content for premises events
US9426720 US12127095
+2
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US10332363 US11553399
Gateway media-content management
US11146637 US12574440
+2
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US11405463 US11943301
Zero-touch install & activation
Remote activation from cloud-stored configuration
The zero-touch install the industry later adopted.
US9100446 US12652604
+2
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US10237806 US11997584
Secure gateway activation
US10079839 US12063221
+2
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US10616244 US11418518
Legacy panel takeover
The retrofit path from analog alarm panels.
US9412248 US12245131
+2
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US10657794 US11223998
Cloud architecture
The lightweight hub and virtual gateway
Server-side gateway abstraction running the automation platform.
US10530839 US12267385
+4
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US11190578 US11641391 US11729255 US12244663
The integrated cloud platform
Partner proxies, automation rules, unified interfaces.
US11368327 US11711234
+1
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US11616659
Life-safety reliability
Alarm notification when communication fails
The reliability layer for internet-connected security. Continuations through 2023.
US8635499 US10275999
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US11129084 US11284331 US11601865 US11665617
Automated reporting to central monitoring stations
US8836467 US11900790
+2
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US9349276 US11398147
Security event logging at platform scale
US9147337 US12100287
+3
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US10078958 US10741057 US11341840
Sensing & intelligence
The sensor rules engine
Foundation of modern home-automation rules.
US9729342 US12494938
+2
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US11240059 US12021649
Two-way sensor communication in a one-way world
Risk profiles from behavioral monitoring data
US9609003 US11277465
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US10142394
The drone-integrated premises platform
US11258625 US12476840
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US11792036
Hardware & industrial design
Earliest priority filing April 2009. Newest grant June 2026. Assignees across the chain: uControl → iControl Networks → Comcast. Not listed: the Simple Things platform applications (2023), since transferred, and filings in process from later work.