REMOTE MONITORING OF USERS AT A HOME LOCATION
There are provided systems and methods for remote monitoring of users at a home location. A user may set up a series of wireless beacons at a location of the user, such as a home location. The wireless beacon may be established in each room or a sub-area in each room. The wireless beacons may connect to devices as the devices enter a coverage area for the wireless beacons. Each beacon may be limited in range to a particular part of the location. Using the beacons, the user may monitor the movement of a device attached to another person or animal. Additionally, the user is made aware of the devices location during an emergency, such as a fire, to rescue the person/animal. The device may also be connected to the user, so the user may be informed of dangerous situations if the user is not detected at the location.
1 . A system comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing check-in information for a first device; and
one or more hardware processors in communication with the non-transitory memory and configured to:
access the check-in information for the first device when the first device connects to a first wireless beacon at a location comprising a plurality of areas;
determine a first area from the plurality of areas for the first device within the location from the check-in information and the first wireless beacon; and
process an action based on the first area and a first event occurring at the location.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first device and the wireless beacon connect using one of near field communication, radio communication, infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises one of a BLE communication module, and LTE Direct communication module, and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless beacon is range limited to the first area.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the location further comprises a plurality of wireless beacons each corresponding to one of the plurality of areas.
6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein prior to the action being processed, the one or more hardware processors is further configured to:
monitor a movement of a first user between the plurality of areas using the plurality of wireless beacons and the first device,
wherein the action comprises an alert to a second user based on the movement.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the movement is monitored over a period of time to determine an activity level for the first user, and wherein the action is further processed based on the activity level.
8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the event comprises a lack of change of the movement by the first user.
9 . A method comprising:
receive location information for a first device when the first device connects to a wireless beacon at a location;
determine a position for the first device within the location from the location information; and
communicate the position to an entity based on an event occurring at the location.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the event comprises an emergency occurring at the location.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first device is attached to a person or an animal.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the entity comprises one of an emergency responder, a guardian, a parent, and an owner.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein a second device displays the position of the first device within the location to the entity.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the wireless beacon determines an area within the location where the event is occurring, and wherein the second device further displays the area and the event.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the wireless beacon is attached to an automatic door opener for a door, and wherein the wireless beacon opens or closes the door using the automatic door opener based on the emergency and the person or animal.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the wireless beacon prevents re-entry to the location based on the emergency using the automatic door opener.
17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the wireless beacon is incorporated in a smoke detector, and wherein the wireless beacon transmits an alert to an emergency responder when the smoke detector detects an emergency.
18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
access check-in information for a first user when a first device connects to a wireless beacon at a location;
determine that the first user has left the location when the first device disconnects from the first wireless beacon; and
alert the first user of a situation at the location.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a geo-position of at least one other user in proximity to the location; and
alert the at least one other user of the situation based on the geo-position.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the situation comprises at least one of an open door or garage, an unlocked door, an appliance operating without user supervision, and a gas or water leak.