System and method for server based control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12137144-B2
Application number	US-202418418283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2024
Priority date	Jan 9, 2012
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for use with a first portable device that is battery-powered and that is identified by a first identifier and with a second portable device that is identified by a second identifier, comprising:
receiving, by the second device over a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) from the first device, the first identifier;
sending, by the second device over the Internet via a first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to a first server, a first message that comprises the first and second identifiers, in response to the receiving of the first identifier;
receiving, by the first server from the second device over the Internet, the first message;
receiving, by the first server from a third portable device over the Internet, a first request that comprises the first identifier;
sending, by the first server to the third device over the Internet, a first notification, in response to the receiving of the first request and of the first message;
receiving, by the third device from the first server over the Internet, the first notification; and
displaying, by the third device, information that is based on, comprises, or uses, a location of the second device, in response to the receiving of the first notification.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first notification comprises the second identifier.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WPAN or the first WLAN uses an unlicensed radio frequency band.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the unlicensed radio frequency band is an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio band.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WPAN or the first WLAN uses a licensed radio frequency band.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WPAN is according to, based on, or compatible with, Bluetooth™ or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.1-2005 standards.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the WPAN is according to, based on, or compatible with, Zigbee™, IEEE 802.15.4-2003, or Z-Wave™ standards.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first WLAN is according to, based on, or compatible with, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11-2012, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, or IEEE 802.11ac.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by the third device from the first server of the first notification, is via a second wireless network.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network uses an unlicensed radio frequency band that is an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) radio band.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network uses a licensed radio frequency band.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a wireless broadband network.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a satellite network.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a WiMAX network that is according to, or based on, or compatible with, IEEE 802.16-2009.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a cellular telephone network.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the cellular telephone network is a Third Generation (3G) network that uses Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) UMTS, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), UMTS Time-Division Duplexing (TDD), CDMA2000 1×RTT, Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO), or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) EDGE-Evolution, or wherein the cellular telephone network is a Fourth Generation (4G) network that uses Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+), Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced, Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA), or is based on IEEE 802.20-2008.

17. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second wireless network is a second Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first identifier identifies the first device in the WPAN or in the Internet, and comprises a Media Access Control (MAC) layer address that is MAC-48, Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) EUI-48, or EUI-64 address type, or wherein the first identifier comprises a layer 3 address and is static or dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) address that is IPv4 or IPv6 type address.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second identifier identifies the second device in the first WLAN or in the Internet, and comprises a Media Access Control (MAC) layer address that is MAC-48, Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) EUI-48, or EUI-64 address type, or wherein the second identifier comprises a layer 3 address and is static or dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) address that is IPv4 or IPv6 type address.

20. The method according to claim 1 , further for use with an actuator that affects a phenomenon, in the first device, the method further comprising sending, by the second device, the third device, or the first server, an actuator command to the first device, for activating the actuator thereof.

21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the actuator comprises an electric light source for converting electrical energy into light that emits a visible or non-visible light for illumination or indication, and the non-visible light is infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays, or gamma rays.

22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the electric light source comprises a lamp, an incandescent lamp, a gas discharge lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a Solid-State Lighting (SSL), a Light Emitting Diode (LED), an Organic LED (OLED), a polymer LED (PLED), or a laser diode.

23. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the actuator comprises a motion actuator that causes linear or rotary motion.

24. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the actuator comprises a sounder for converting an electrical energy to omnidirectional, unidirectional, or bidirectional pattern emitted, audible or inaudible, sound waves.

25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the sounder comprises an electromagnetic loudspeaker, a piezoelectric speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL), a ribbon or planar magnetic loudspeaker, or a bending wave loudspeaker, or wherein the sounder comprises an electric bell, a buzzer, a chime, a whistle, or a ringer.

26. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the activation of the sounder comprises playing digital audio content that is pre-recorded or synthesized, or wherein the activation of the sounder comprises simulating a voice of a human being or generating music, or wherein the operating of the first actuator comprises sounding a syllable, a word, a phrase, a sentence, a short story, or a long story, using male or female voice.

27. The method according to claim 1 , further for use with an additional network that is distinct from the first WLAN, the method further comprising sending, by the second device over the Internet via the additional network to the first server, the first message, in response to the receiving of the first identifier.

28. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the sending over the additional network is for redundancy.

29. The method acc

Assignees

• May Patents Ltd

Inventors

• Binder Yehuda
• Maytal Benjamin

Classifications

• G08G1/00

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• G06Q2240/00

  Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking · CPC title

• B60Y2200/90

  Vehicles comprising electric prime movers · CPC title

• B60Y2200/50

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