Methods and systems for notifying a party at an end-user premise when a particular event occurs at another end-user premise

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9875642-B2
Application number	US-200813142249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2008
Priority date	Dec 24, 2008
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

Methods and systems to notify a party at a given premise when a particular event, such as a fire, an intrusion, an emergency or another event, occurs at another premise. One method comprises: obtaining an indication of a particular event at a first end-user premise, the first end-user premise including first end-user equipment connected to a communications network via a first communication link; establishing a wireless communication link between the first end-user equipment and second end-user equipment at a second end-user premise, the second end-user equipment being connected to the communications network via a second communication link; and causing the first end-user equipment to transmit information to the second end-user equipment via the wireless communication link to instruct the second end-user equipment to issue a notification concerning the particular event. Also provided are apparatus and computer-readable media containing a program element executable by a computing system to perform such a method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for notifying a party of a particular event at a first end-user premise, comprising:
obtaining an indication of the particular event;
using a selection process to select a second end-user premise within a wireless range of the first end-user premise, the selection process selecting the second end-user premise in response to receiving the indication of the particular event based on one or more dynamic variables associated with the second end-user premise;
retrieving access information for use in granting access to end-user equipment at the selected second end-user premise;
establishing a wireless communication link between end-user equipment at the first end-user premise and the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise upon the indication of the particular event being obtained; and
causing the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise to transmit information to the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise via the wireless communication link to direct the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise to issue a notification concerning the particular event;

wherein said establishing comprises causing the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise to use the access information to establish the wireless communication link with the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise comprising a communication apparatus connected to at least one end-user device at the first end-user premise, said establishing comprising establishing the wireless communication link between the communication apparatus at the first end-user premise and the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise comprising a communication apparatus connected to at least one end-user device at the first end-user premise, said establishing comprising establishing the wireless communication link between a given end-user device of the at least one end-user device at the first end-user premise and the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , said establishing comprises causing the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise to wirelessly transmit certain information comprising an identifier of a piece of equipment of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , the identifier of the piece of equipment of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise comprising at least one of a hardware identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , the hardware identifier comprising at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address and an Ethernet hardware address.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the access information for the piece of equipment of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise comprising at least one of a password and a wireless network key.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise comprising a communication apparatus connected to at least one end-user device at the first end-user premise, said method being performed by the communication apparatus at the first end-user premise.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , said wireless communication link being established between the communication apparatus at the first end-user premise and the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , said access information being wirelessly transmitted by a given end-user device of the at least one end-user device at the first end-user premise to the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise to establish the wireless communication link between the given end-user device at the first end-user premise and the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , said obtaining comprising receiving certain information associated with occurrence of the particular event.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , the certain information comprising an identifier of a given piece of equipment of the end-user equipment at the first end-user premise used in relation to the particular event, said obtaining comprising determining that the identifier corresponds to a predetermined identifier.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , the identifier comprising at least one of an IP address, a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), a telephone number, and a hardware identifier.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , the hardware identifier comprising at least one of a MAC address and an Ethernet hardware address.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 , said determining that the identifier corresponds to the predetermined identifier comprising accessing a database and concluding that the identifier corresponds to a given identifier specified in the database.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 , the certain information specifying the occurrence of the particular event.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the notification comprising a visual message displayed by an end-user device of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , the end-user device of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise being a telephone, a computer or a television unit.

19. The method as claimed in claim 17 , the visual message specifying the particular event at the first end-user premise.

20. The method as claimed in claim 17 , the visual message specifying an action to be performed by the party in relation to the particular event at the first end-user premise.

21. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the notification comprising an audible message emitted by an end-user device of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21 , the end-user device of the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise being a telephone, a computer or a television unit.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21 , the audible message specifying the particular event at the first end-user premise.

24. The method as claimed in claim 21 , the audible message specifying an action to be performed by the party in relation to the particular event at the first end-user premise.

25. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise comprising a plurality of end-user devices, the notification comprising a plurality of messages presented by the end-user devices at the second end-user premise.

26. The method as claimed in claim 22 , the plurality of end-user devices comprising at least one of a telephone, a computer and a television unit.

27. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the notification indicating a physical location of the first end-user premise.

28. The method as claimed in claim 27 , the information transmitted to the end-user equipment at the second end-user equipment via the wireless communication link allowing the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise to identify the physical location of the first end-user premise.

29. The method as claimed in claim 28 , the information transmitted to the end-user equipment at the second end-user premise via the wireless com

Assignees

• Arsenault Jonathan Allan
• Clark David William
• Bce Inc

Inventors

• Arsenault Jonathan Allan
• Clark David William

Classifications

• G08B29/02

  Monitoring continuously signalling or alarm systems · CPC title

• G08B25/10 Primary

  using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B25/009

  Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range · CPC title