Processing sensor data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9262906-B2
Application number	US-201313804274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for processing sensor data are presented. In some embodiments, a security server may receive sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at a premises. Subsequently, the security server may classify a first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data, (e.g., based on the first portion of the received sensor data being associated with a critical function). In addition, the security server may classify a second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data (e.g., based on the second portion of the received sensor data being associated with a non-critical function). Thereafter, the security server may process the critical sensor data, and further may provide the non-critical sensor data to a network server for processing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A security server comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the security server to:
receive sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at a premises;
classify a first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data based on receiving the first portion of the received sensor data from one or more home security sensors;
classify a second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data;
process the critical sensor data; and
provide the non-critical sensor data to a network server for processing.

2. The security server of claim 1 ,
wherein the first portion of the received sensor data is classified as critical sensor data based on the first portion of the received sensor data being associated with a critical function, and
wherein the second portion of the received sensor data is classified as non-critical sensor data based on the second portion of the received sensor data being associated with a non-critical function.

3. The security server of claim 1 ,
wherein the first portion of the received sensor data is classified as critical sensor data based on one or more user preferences, and
wherein the second portion of the received sensor data is classified as non-critical sensor data based on the one or more user preferences.

4. The security server of claim 1 ,
wherein the second portion of the received sensor data is classified as non-critical sensor data based on one or more processing capabilities of the security server.

5. The security server of claim 1 ,
wherein classifying the first portion of the received sensor data is based on a first sensor profile for at least one sensor for which the sensor data is classified as critical, and
wherein classifying the second portion of the received sensor data is based on a second sensor profile for at least one sensor for which the sensor data is classified as non-critical.

6. The security server of claim 1 , further comprising:
a cable modem that is configured to communicate with the network server,
wherein providing the non-critical sensor data to the network server for processing comprises sending the non-critical sensor data to the network server using the cable modem.

7. A method comprising:
receiving, by a security server, sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at a premises;
classifying, by the security server, a first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data based on receiving the first portion of the received sensor data from one or more home security sensors;
classifying, by the security server, a second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data;
processing, by the security server, the critical sensor data; and
providing, by the security server, the non-critical sensor data to a network server for processing.

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the classifying of the first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data is based on the first portion of the received sensor data being associated with a critical function, and
wherein the classifying of the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data is based on the second portion of the received sensor data being associated with a non-critical function.

9. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the classifying of the first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data is based on one or more user preferences, and
wherein the classifying of the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data is based on the one or more user preferences.

10. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the classifying of the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data is based on one or more processing capabilities of the security server.

11. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the classifying of the first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data is based on a first sensor profile for at least one critical sensor of the one or more sensors, and
wherein the classifying of the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data is based on a second sensor profile for at least one non-critical sensor of the one or more sensors.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first sensor profile and the second sensor profile comprises settings specified by a user of the security server.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
prior to receiving the sensor data from the one or more sensors that are located at the premises, receiving, by the security server, from a mobile device, sensor registration information for a new sensor located at the premises.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sensor registration information comprises location information that is indicative of a position at which the new sensor is installed.

15. The method of claim 13 ,
wherein the sensor registration information comprises an image of the new sensor, and
wherein the method further comprises selecting, by the security server, based on the image, a sensor profile for the new sensor from a plurality of predefined sensor profiles.

16. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining, by the security server, whether a connection to the network server is available; and
in response to determining that the connection to the network server is not available, processing, by the security server, the non-critical sensor data.

17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the critical sensor data comprises sensor data received from one or more motion sensors, door sensors, glass break sensors, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, flood sensors, gas leak sensors, or medical sensors.

18. The method of claim 7 , wherein the non-critical sensor data comprises sensor data received from one or more lawn sensors, temperature sensors, package sensors, pet monitoring sensors, or pool sensors.

19. The method of claim 7 , wherein providing the non-critical sensor data to the network server for processing comprises sending the non-critical sensor data to the network server using a dedicated cable modem in the security server.

20. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein classifying the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data comprises classifying the second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data based on receiving the second portion of the received sensor data from one or more lawn monitoring sensors.

Assignees

• Poder James
• Gattis Galen Trevor
• Kennedy Chris
• Serviss Karen
• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Poder James
• Gattis Galen Trevor
• Kennedy Chris
• Serviss Karen

Classifications

• G08B25/003 Primary

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• G08B25/001 Primary

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

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  Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor · CPC title