Connected scale device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11674841-B2
Application number	US-202117536837-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2021
Priority date	Apr 12, 2017
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitoring system for a property that is configured to:
receive, from a connected scale device, data indicating a weight on the connected scale device;
determine that the weight on the connected scale device is within a range of an expected weight;
after determining that the weight on the connected scale device is within the range of the expected weight, receive, from the connected scale device, a decreased weight on the connected scale device, the decreased weight being a portion of the expected weight;
determine that an item partially fell off the connected scale device based on the decreased weight on the connected scale device; and
based on the decreased weight on the connected scale device, perform a monitoring system operation, wherein the monitoring system is configured to perform the monitoring system operation by providing a notification that the item partially fell off the connected scale device to a user device of a resident of the property.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to perform the monitoring system operation by providing an image of the connected scale device to a user device of a resident of the property.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to perform the monitoring system operation by providing a notification of the decreased weight to a user device of a resident of the property.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine that the item partially fell off the connected scale device by determining that weather caused the item to partially fall off the connected scale device.

5. The monitoring system of claim 4 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to perform the monitoring system operation by providing a notification indicating that weather caused the item to partially fall off the connected scale device to a user device of a resident of the property.

6. The monitoring system of claim 1 :
wherein the monitoring system is configured to receive a shipping notification that indicates an expected delivery of an expected package and a weight of the expected package,
wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine that the weight on the connected scale device is within the range of the expected weight by determining that the weight on the connected scale device is within a range of the weight of the expected package; and
wherein the monitoring system is configured to provide a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the expected package to a user device of a resident of the property.

7. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
receive a disarm code;
compare the disarm code to a stored disarm code that disarms the monitoring system while the monitoring system is in an armed state; and
based on the disarm code matching the stored disarm code that disarms the monitoring system while the monitoring system is in the armed state, disarm the connected scale device.

8. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
receive image data from a camera in a vicinity of the connected scale device;
compare the image data to a stored image; and
disarm the connected scale device based on the image data matching the stored image.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a connected scale device included in a monitoring system for a property, data indicating a weight on the connected scale device;
determining, by the monitoring system, that the weight on the connected scale device is within a range of an expected weight of an item to be delivered;
after determining that the weight on the connected scale device is within the range of the expected weight, receiving, from the connected scale device, data that indicates a decreased weight on the connected scale device, the decreased weight being a portion of the expected weight of an item to be delivered;
determining that an item moved partially off the connected scale device using the data that indicates the decreased weight on the connected scale device; and
in response to determining that the item moved partially off the connected scale device, providing, by the monitoring system and to a user device of an occupant for the property, a notification that the item moved partially off the connected scale device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein providing a notification that the item moved partially off the connected scale device comprises providing an image of the connected scale device to a user device of a resident of the property.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein providing a notification that the item moved partially off the connected scale device comprises providing a notification of the decreased weight to a user device of a resident of the property.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining that the item moved partially off the connected scale device comprises determining that weather caused the item to move partially off the connected scale device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein providing a notification that the item moved partially off the connected scale device comprises providing a notification indicating that weather caused the item to move partially off the connected scale device to a user device of a resident of the property.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a shipping notification that indicates an expected delivery of an expected package and a weight of the expected package,
wherein determining that the weight on the connected scale device is within the range of the expected weight comprises determining that the weight on the connected scale device is within a range of the weight of the expected package; and
performing a monitoring system operation by providing a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the expected package to a user device of a resident of the property.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a disarm code;
comparing the disarm code to a stored disarm code that disarms the monitoring system while the monitoring system is in an armed state; and
based on the disarm code matching the stored disarm code that disarms the monitoring system while the monitoring system is in the armed state, disarming the connected scale device.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving image data from a camera in a vicinity of the connected scale device;
comparing the image data to a stored image; and
disarming the connected scale device based on the image data matching the stored image.

17. The monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine that the weight on the connected scale device is within the range of the expected weight of an item to be delivered to the property.

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Slavin Alison Jane
• Jutras Bret
• Roberts Aaron Lee

Classifications

• G06Q10/0832 Primary

  Special goods or special handling procedures, e.g. handling of hazardous or fragile goods · CPC title

• G01G19/002

  for postal parcels and letters · CPC title

• G06Q10/0833

  Tracking · CPC title

• G08B13/1472

  with force or weight detection · CPC title

• G01G19/005 Primary

  with electric or electronic computing means · CPC title