Signal cloning
View Patent ↗Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to security and/or automation systems are described. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving linking information from a first device by a second device, linking the second device with the first device via a first connection, the linking based at least in part on the linking information, storing at least a portion of the linking information, and transmitting the stored linking information from the second device to one or more other devices via a second connection.
1. A method for security and/or automation systems, comprising:
receiving, via a wireless communication protocol, linking information associated with a first wireless device from the first wireless device at a second wireless device;
linking the second wireless device with the first wireless device via a first connection, the linking based at least in part on the linking information;
storing at least a portion of the linking information associated with the first wireless device;
transmitting, via the wireless communication protocol, the stored linking information and linking information associated with the second wireless device from the second wireless device to the one or more other wireless devices via a second connection, wherein the linking information associated with the second wireless device is indicative of an identity of the second wireless device; and
identifying a connection between at least one of the one or more other wireless devices and the first wireless device that is based at least in part on the transmitted stored linking information and the transmitted linking information associated with the second wireless device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the linking information associated with the second wireless device to the first wireless device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device comprises:
a mobile phone, a portable electronic device securable to a user or a user's clothing, or a key fob.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein linking the second wireless device with the first wireless device via the first connection comprises:
linking via a Bluetooth connection.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the linking information associated with the first wireless device comprises:
pairing information.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pairing information comprises:
at least one of legacy pairing information, or secure simple pairing information, or combinations thereof.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
linking the first wireless device directly to each of the one or more other wireless devices based at least in part on the transmitting the stored linking information.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the linking information comprises:
at least one of a link key, or a media access control (MAC) address of the first wireless device, or combinations thereof.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing the second connection, wherein the second connection comprises:
a secure connection.
10. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein establishing the second connection comprises sending secure data between the second wireless device and the one or more other devices,
wherein the secure data comprises at least one of a key and a secret.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second connection comprises:
a wired connection.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second connection comprises a non-Bluetooth connection.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the linking information associated with the first wireless device from the first wireless device by the second wireless device comprises:
receiving a user input from the first wireless device by the second wireless device.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user input comprises:
at least one of a pin and a password.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second connection comprises:
a direct connection between the second wireless device and the one or more other wireless devices.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second connection comprises:
a network connection between the second wireless device and the one or more other wireless devices.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless device comprises:
a system panel.
18. An apparatus for security and/or automation systems, comprising:
a second wireless device to communicate, via a wireless communication protocol, with a first wireless device via a first connection;
the second wireless device to communicate, via the wireless communication protocol, with one or more other wireless devices via a second connection;
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
receive linking information associated with the first wireless device from the first wireless device by the second wireless device;
link the second wireless device with the first wireless device via the first connection, the linking based at least in part on the linking information;
store at least a portion of the linking information associated with the first wireless device;
transmit, via the wireless communication protocol, the stored linking information and linking information associated with the second wireless device from the second wireless device to the one or more other wireless devices via the second connection; wherein the linking information associated with the second wireless device is indicative of an identity of the second wireless device; and
identify a connection between at least one of the one or more other wireless devices and the first wireless device that is based at least in part on the transmitted stored linking information and the transmitted linking information associated with the second wireless device.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 ,
wherein the second wireless device may comprise a security system panel, and
wherein the first wireless device comprises a mobile phone, a portable electronic device securable to a user or a user's clothing, or a key fob.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable code for security and/or automation systems, the code executable by a processor to:
receive linking information associated with a first wireless device, via a wireless communication protocol, from the first wireless device at a second wireless device;
link the second wireless device with the first wireless device via a first connection, the linking based at least in part on the linking information associated with the first wireless device;
store at least a portion of the linking information associated with the first wireless device;
transmit, via the wireless communication protocol, the stored linking information and linking information associated with the second wireless device from the second wireless device to one or more other wireless devices via a second connection; wherein the linking information associated with the second wireless device is indicative of an identity of the second wireless device; and
identify a connection between at least one of the one or more other wireless devices and the first wireless device that is based at least in part on the transmitted stored linking information and the transmitted linking information associated with the second wireless device.