Security monitoring and control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10818158-B2
Application number	US-201916296058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Priority date	May 20, 2014
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

Systems, methods, and software for monitoring and controlling a security system for a structure are provided herein. An exemplary method may include receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure; determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data; creating an alert based in part on the critical event; getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit; determining a response based in part on the alert and user preferences; and activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for security monitoring and control comprising:
receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;
determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;
creating an alert based in part on the critical event;
providing a notification to a user on a mobile device, the notification provided on a graphical user interface, the notification comprising information regarding the critical event, the graphical user interface also comprising a menu of alert responses;
determining that the user is inside the structure and that no response from the menu has been selected;
placing a call to the mobile device from a base station when no response is received; and
activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service when a response to the call is not received.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first peripheral includes at least one of a cordless phone, door/gate sensor, window sensor, glass breakage sensor, flood sensor, pool sensor, and baby monitor.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
providing the alert to a server,
wherein user preferences are received from the server.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
detecting a wireless device associated with an intruder; and
determining one or more properties of the wireless device, the determining including detecting a digital fingerprint of the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein
the wireless device is a Bluetooth enabled device in discoverable mode, and
determining one or more properties further includes at least one of executing software on, sending a chunk of data to, or sending a sequence of commands to the Bluetooth enabled device, so as to gain control of the Bluetooth enabled device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein
the second peripheral includes an unmanned aircraft, and
activating the second peripheral includes:
sending the unmanned aircraft to an area of interest, the area of interest determined based at least on the critical event;
sensing at least one of video and audio, the sensing using at least one of video and audio sensors disposed on the unmanned aircraft; and
providing the at least one of video and audio.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein
the second peripheral includes at least one cordless phone, and
activating the second peripheral includes:
silently turning on a microphone of the at least one cordless phone;
sensing audio using the microphone; and
providing the audio.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein activating the second peripheral further includes playing a selected recorded announcement using a speaker of the at least one cordless phone.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein activating the service includes posting to social media to alert neighbors.

10. A base unit comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method for security monitoring and control including:
receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;
determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;
creating an alert based in part on the critical event;
providing a notification to a user on a mobile device, the notification provided on a graphical user interface, the notification comprising information regarding the critical event, the graphical user interface also comprising a menu of alert responses;
determining that the user is inside the structure and that no response from the menu has been selected;
placing a call to the mobile device when no response is received; and
activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service when a response to the call is not received.

11. The base unit of claim 10 wherein the first peripheral includes at least one of a cordless phone, door/gate sensor, window sensor, glass breakage sensor, flood sensor, camera, smart thermostat, pool sensor, and baby monitor.

12. The base unit of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
providing the alert to a server,
wherein user preferences are received from the server.

13. The base unit of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a wireless device associated with an intruder; and
determining properties of the wireless device.

14. The base unit of claim 13 wherein
the wireless device is a Bluetooth enabled device in discoverable mode, and
determining properties includes at least one of executing software on, sending a chunk of data to, or sending a sequence of commands to the Bluetooth enabled device, so as to gain control of the Bluetooth enabled device.

15. The base unit of claim 10 wherein
the second peripheral includes an unmanned aircraft, and
activating the second peripheral includes:
sending the unmanned aircraft to an area of interest, the area of interest determined based at least on the critical event;
sensing at least one of video and audio, the sensing using at least one of video and audio sensors disposed on the unmanned aircraft; and
providing the at least one of video and audio.

16. The base unit of claim 10 wherein
the second peripheral includes at least one cordless phone, and
activating the second peripheral includes:
silently turning on a microphone of the at least one cordless phone;
sensing audio using the microphone; and
providing the audio.

17. The base unit of claim 16 wherein activating the second peripheral further includes playing a selected recorded announcement using a speaker of the at least one cordless phone.

18. The base unit of claim 10 wherein activating the service includes posting to social media to alert neighbors.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for security monitoring and control, the method comprising:
receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;
determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;
creating an alert based in part on the critical event;
providing a notification to a user on a mobile device, the notification provided on a graphical user interface, the notification comprising information regarding the critical event, the graphical user interface also comprising a menu of alert responses;
determining that the user is inside the structure and that no response from the menu has been selected;
placing a call to the mobile device from a base station when no response is received; and
activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service when a response to the call is not received.

Assignees

• Ooma Inc

Inventors

• Farrand Tobin E
• Gillon William M
• Snow Kevin D
• Krein William T
• Bryan David A

Classifications

• G08B25/00 Primary

  Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems · CPC title

• G08B25/08

  using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B25/001

  Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation · CPC title

• G08B13/02

  Mechanical actuation · CPC title

• G08B25/006

  Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance · CPC title