Cellular and local area network (LAN) converters for premises monitoring systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12597329-B2
Application number	US-202318399908-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2023
Priority date	Dec 29, 2023
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A cellular converter in communication with at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system and at least one client device is provided. The cellular converter is configured to route cellular communications between a cellular communication network and the at least one premises device and between the cellular communication network and the at least one client device, monitor first cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system, monitor second cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one client device, and maintain at least a minimum cellular data bandwidth for the at least one premises device based on the monitoring of the first cellular bandwidth utilization and the monitoring of the second cellular bandwidth utilization.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a premises monitoring system configured to monitor for safety of property and life at a premises, the premises monitoring system comprising a plurality of premises devices configured to monitor a plurality of conditions at the premises; a plurality of client devices configured to communicate via at least one wide area network, the plurality of client devices being located at the premises; a cellular converter, comprising:
at least one premises network port configured to communicate with the premises monitoring system and the plurality of client devices via at least one non-cellular network;
a cellular router configured to communicate data from the at least one premises network port to a cellular network;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
receive subscription information indicating:
an uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth allocation in the cellular network for data associated with the plurality of premises devices of the premises monitoring system and the plurality of client devices; and
a prescribed minimum available uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth of the uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth allocation only for data associated with the plurality of premises devices of the premises monitoring system;

monitor first uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth utilization of data associated with the plurality of premises devices of the premises monitoring system;
monitor second uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth utilization for data associated with the plurality of client devices;
determine that a current available uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth is at the prescribed minimum available uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth based on the monitoring of the first uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth utilization and the monitoring of the second uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth utilization; and
in response to determining the current available uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth is at the prescribed minimum available uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth, reduce the second uplink and downlink cellular data bandwidth utilization for data associated with the plurality of client devices.

2 . A cellular converter configured to communicate with at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system and at least one client device, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
route a plurality of cellular communications between a cellular communication network and the at least one premises device and between the cellular communication network and the at least one client device;
monitor a first cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system;
monitor a second cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one client device; and
maintain at least a minimum cellular bandwidth for the at least one premises device based on the first cellular bandwidth utilization and the second cellular bandwidth utilization.

3 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , wherein the at least one client device provides digital services not subject to control by the premises monitoring system.

4 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , further comprising an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one premises monitoring device.

5 . The cellular converter of claim 4 , wherein the eSIM is remotely configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one premises device according to a subscription with a monitoring service provider.

6 . The cellular converter of claim 4 , wherein the eSIM is remotely configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one client device according to a subscription with a monitoring service provider.

7 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , further comprising a first electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one premises device and a second eSIM configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one client device.

8 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , wherein routing of cellular communications includes:
routing WI-FI data, via cellular signaling, to the cellular communication network, the WI-FI data being received from the at least one premises device; and routing ETHERNET data, via cellular singling, to the cellular communication network, the ETHERNET data being received from the at least one premises device.

9 . The cellular converter of claim 8 , wherein routing of cellular communications includes:
routing WI-FI data, via cellular signaling, to the cellular communication network, the WI-FI data being received from the at least one client device; and routing ETHERNET data, via cellular singling, to the cellular communication network, the ETHERNET data being received from the at least one client device.

10 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , further comprising a cellular radio interface and baseband processor configured to communicate wirelessly with a fifth-generation (5G) radio base station of the cellular communication network.

11 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , further comprising a radio interface configured to receive positioning information and timing information, the at least one processor configured to:
process the positioning information and the timing information; and provide a position and real-time information to at least one of the at least one premises device and the at least one client device.

12 . The cellular converter of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the at least one processor to allocate a minimum cellular bandwidth to the at least one premises device based at least in part on a priority of communications between the at least one premises device and the at least one client device.

13 . A method implemented by a cellular converter, the cellular converter being in communication with at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system and at least one client device, the method comprising:
routing a plurality of cellular communications between a cellular communication network and the at least one premises device and between the cellular communication network and the at least one client device; monitoring first cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system; monitoring second cellular bandwidth utilization by at least one client device; and maintaining at least a minimum cellular bandwidth for the at least one premises device based on the first cellular bandwidth utilization and the second cellular bandwidth utilization.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one client device provides digital services not subject to control by the premises monitoring system.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) configurable to enable cellular communications for communicating data associated with the at least one premises device.

16 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising a first electronic subscri

Assignees

• The Adt Security Corp

Inventors

• Hayek Charbel E

Classifications

• G08B21/02

  Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title