Secure remote actuation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9608834-B2
Application number	US-201414461166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2014
Priority date	Feb 18, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

A secure remote actuation system may comprise a remote input receptor and a network. The remote input receptor may comprise a user interface for receiving user inputs from a user. The network may store acceptable inputs. The network may further comprise a network device for obtaining the user inputs from the remote input receptor. In the present invention, the network device obtains the user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface. The network then compares the user inputs to the acceptable inputs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secure remote actuation system, comprising:
a remote input receptor comprising a user interface for receiving one or more user inputs from a user;
a cloud-based network storing one or more acceptable inputs and comprising a network device for obtaining said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor;
wherein the network device obtains said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface; and
wherein the cloud-based network compares said one or more user inputs to said one or more acceptable inputs.

2. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor further comprises one or more communication devices for sending said one or more user inputs.

3. The secure remote actuation system of claim 2 , wherein said one or more communication devices is a radio frequency transceiver.

4. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor further comprises a portable power source.

5. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor executes a low power function after said one or more user inputs is received from the user.

6. The secure remote actuation of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor exits said low power function when the user begins to use the user interface.

7. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor further comprises a surveillance device to detect the user.

8. The secure remote actuation system of claim 7 , wherein the remote input receptor exits a low power function when the surveillance device detects the user.

9. The secure remote actuation system of claim 7 , wherein the surveillance device comprises a camera, a microphone, a proximity sensor, or a combination thereof.

10. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises buttons, a visual display, one or more capacitive sensors, a microphone, a vibration recognition module, a proximity sensor, a fingerprint scanner, a retina scanner, a voice recognition module, or a combination thereof.

11. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the remote input receptor comprises one or more data connection ports.

12. The secure remote actuation system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more data connection ports is disposed in an interior of the remote input receptor.

13. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud-based network comprises a combination of computer systems interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables allowing information to be exchanged.

14. The secure remote actuation system of claim 13 , wherein the cloud-based network comprises a software application to control said one or more acceptable inputs.

15. The secure remote actuation system of claim 14 , wherein said controlling of said one or more acceptable inputs comprises editing, adding, or deleting the one or more acceptable inputs, changing personal settings, altering system firmware, conducting diagnoses, or a combination thereof.

16. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the network device comprises a radio frequency transceiver.

17. The secure remote actuation system of claim 16 , wherein the radio frequency transceiver is a universal device capable of communicating with a plurality of other devices by reciprocating various radio frequency transmissions.

18. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the network device comprises one or more memory units for storing: said one or more acceptable inputs; said one or more user inputs; a history of user inputs; one or more input parameters; one or more access parameters; or a combination thereof.

19. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud-based network is operably connected to and controls one or more actionable devices.

20. The secure remote actuation system of claim 19 , wherein said one or more actionable devices is an access control device, a thermostat, a television, an automated window, automated blinds, a ventilation system, a sprinkler system, a lighting element, an indoor positioning system, or a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Hall David R
• Hall Mark
• Boswell Craig

Inventors

• Hall David R
• Hall Mark
• Boswell Craig

Classifications

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G05B15/02

  electric · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04B1/38

  Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving · CPC title