Community-based security system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10847018-B2
Application number	US-201816119476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2018
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A server accesses a security system profile of a first security system. The security system profile identifies a plurality of sensors connected to the first security system. The server identifies a second security system based on at least a first sensor of the plurality of sensors coupled to the first security system. The server then generates a notification sharing profile for the first security system based on the security system profile. The notification sharing profile indicates that the second security system corresponds to the first sensor. A first event triggered by the first sensor causes a first notification to the second security system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
accessing, at a server, a security system profile of a first security system, the security system profile identifying a plurality of sensors connected to the first security system, a first sensor of the plurality of sensors being placed at a location external to the first security system;
mapping the first sensor and a type of the first sensor to a second security system;
identifying a first event detected by the first sensor;
identifying, at the server, the second security system that is mapped to the first event, the first sensor, and the type of the first sensor;
generating, at the server, a notification sharing profile for the first security system based on the security system profile, the notification sharing profile indicating the second security system corresponding to the first sensor and the type of the first sensor; and
sending a first message indicating the first event triggered by the first sensor to the second security system, the second security system configured to generate a first notification indicating the first event to a user associated with the second security system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a third security system that is mapped to a second sensor of the plurality of sensors, and a type of the second sensor,
wherein the notification sharing profile indicates the third security system corresponding to the second sensor, a second event triggered by the second sensor causing a second message indicating the second event to be sent to the third security system, the third security system configured to generate a second notification indicating the second event to a mobile device associated with the third security system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the notification sharing profile indicates that the second security system corresponds to the type of the first sensor, and that the third security system corresponds to the type of the second sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the second security system further comprises:
accessing a topography of the first security system, the topography indicating a location of the second security system relative to the first security system;
generating a notification vector based on the type of the first sensor, the notification vector indicating a preset direction relative to the first security system and a preset range from the first security system; and
identifying the second security system based on the topography of the first security system and the notification vector.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor comprises at least one of a door sensor, a Glass break detector, a smoke sensor, or a water sensor.

6. The method of claim 1 ; further comprising:
accessing a topography of the first security system, the topography indicating a geographic location of each of other security systems relative to the first security system;
receiving a sharing request from the first security system, the sharing request identifying a preset direction and a preset range for each type of sensor of the plurality of sensors;
generating a notification vector for each type of sensor of the plurality of sensors, the notification vector indicating the preset direction relative to the first security system and the preset range from the first security system; and
identifying one or more other security systems based on the topography of the first security system and the notification vector; and
updating the notification sharing profile of the first security system based on the identified one or more other security systems.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification sharing profile indicates that the second security system corresponds with a first type of event detected from the first sensor, and that a third security system corresponds with a second type of event detected from the first sensor.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing the notification sharing profile to the first security system, the first security system configured to generate and communicate the first message to the second security system in response to the first event detected by the first sensor, the second security system configured to send the first notification to a mobile device of the user associated with the second security system.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
mapping a second sensor of the plurality of sensors, and a type of the second sensor to a third security system;
identifying a second event detected by the second sensor;
identifying the third security system that is mapped to the second event, the second sensor, and the type of the second sensor; and
sending a second message indicating the second event to the third security system.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a remote command from the second security system in response to sending the first message to the second security system; and
providing the remote command to the first security system in response to receiving the remote command.

11. A computing apparatus, the computing apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
accessing, at a server, a security system profile of a first security system, the security system profile identifying a plurality of sensors connected to the first security system, a first sensor of the plurality of sensors being placed at a location external to the first security system;
mapping the first sensor and a type of the first sensor to a second security system;

identifying a first event detected by the first sensor:
identifying, at the server, the second security system that is mapped to the first event, the first sensor, and the type of the first sensor;
generating, at the server, a notification sharing profile for the first security system based on the security system profile, the notification sharing profile indicating the second security system corresponding to the first sensor and the type of the first sensor; and
sending a first message indicating first event triggered by the first sensor to the second security system, the second security system configured to generate a first notification indicating the first event to a user associated with the second security system.

12. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a third security system that is mapped to a second sensor of the plurality of sensors, and a type of the second sensor,
wherein the notification sharing profile indicates the third security system corresponding to the second sensor, a second event triggered by the second sensor causing a second message indicating the second event to be sent to the third security system, the third security system configured to generate a second notification indicating the second event to a mobile device associated with the third security system.

13. The computing apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the notification share profile indicates that the second security system corresponds to the type of the first sensor, and that the third security system corresponds to the type of the second sensor.

14. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein identifying the second security system further comprises:
accessing a topography of the first security system, the topography indicating a location of the second security system relative to the first security system;
generating a notification vector based on the type of the first sensor, the notification vector indicatin

Assignees

• Nortek Security & Control Llc

Inventors

• Kazi Taufiqul
• Knight Laura Elizabeth

Classifications

• G08B25/006

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• G08B27/003 Primary

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• G08B26/008

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