Securing property

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9646488-B2
Application number	US-201414584535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2014
Priority date	Sep 15, 2010
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for securing property are presented. Video content viewed by a user may be detected, and the user may be automatically prompted to change settings on a security system based on the detecting. A comparison of the current time with the duration of the video content may serve as the basis for such prompting. Additionally, a premise security system may be placed in a learning mode. Changes in position of a security sensor may be detected and used to set a permitted range of motion for the sensor. Further, a plurality of security sensor profiles may be stored, and each profile may identify a different predefined permitted range of motion of a sensor. The addition of a new sensor to a premise may be detected, and a user may be prompted, on a display, to identify a profile to be used for the new sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
causing, by a computing device, display of video content to a user;
determining, by the computing device and based on viewing information associated with the user, that the user is expected to view the video content at a future time associated with a future security level, of a security system, different from a current security level of the security system; and
in response to the determining, causing display of a notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before an end time of the video content.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the video content is a video program, and
wherein the future time is an end time of the video program.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion for a security sensor of the security system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first alarm if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second alarm if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the video content has been displayed for a particular time period,
wherein the determining that the user will continue to view is performed in response to determining that the video content has been displayed for the particular time period.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the video content has been displayed for a particular time period, causing display of a prompt to adjust lighting conditions.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing a current volume level of the video content with a predetermined threshold volume level; and
in response to determining that the current volume level of the video content is greater than the predetermined threshold volume level, causing display of a prompt to lower the current volume level.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that the video content is associated with fear-invoking content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification comprises an option to adjust the current security level of the security system.

10. A method comprising:
causing, by a computing device, display of a video program;
determining, by the computing device, a current security level of a security system;
determining, by the computing device, that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to a future security level before an end time of the video program; and
in response to the determining that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before the end time of the video program, causing display of a notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before the end time of the video program.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining, based on viewing habits of a user, that the user will continue to view the video program.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that the video program has been displayed for at least a particular time period.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion for a security sensor of the security system.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion detected by a security sensor of the security system.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.

16. A method comprising:
causing, by a computing device, display of a video program;
determining, by the computing device, that a current time is within a first time period associated with a first security level of a security system and that an end time of the video program is within a second time period associated with a second security level, of the security system, different from the first security level; and
in response to the determining, causing display of a notification of the second security level, the notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the first security level to the second security level during the video program.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the notification indicates that the security system has been adjusted from the first security level to the second security level.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that a user will continue to view the video program based on viewing habits of the user.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first security level and the second security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion detected by a security sensor of the security system.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Poder Jim
• Cook Mike

Classifications

• H04N21/44213

  Monitoring of end-user related data (arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33) · CPC title

• G08B29/20 Primary

  Calibration, including self-calibrating arrangements · CPC title

• H04N21/4667

  Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections · CPC title

• G08B21/0236

  Threshold setting · CPC title

• G08B21/0238

  adding new units to the system · CPC title