May 28, 2013: Echelon Receives Patent for Interoperable Self-Installation Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Echelon Corp. announced that its Interoperable Self-Installation (ISI) technology, a unique, simple way to install and configure communities of devices on a control network, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,374,104. Echelon has implemented ISI in its products, and Echelon customers have created commercial offerings based on the now-patented technology.
Echelon said ISI is designed to significantly simplify the configuration tasks associated with creating communities of devices, including everyday digital devices that are interconnected over a network and that perform common tasks. A community of devices is one that shares information and decision-making locally on a peer-to-peer basis, and that may or may not connect to the Internet.