IP Library Granted Patent US 9,990,832
Granted Patent B2
US 9,990,832 · App. 15/097,474 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Occupancy detection by social media

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Patent No.
US 9,990,832
App. No.
15/097,474
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving social media data via a signal, analyzing the social media data based at least in part on a first parameter, identifying occupancy information based at least in part on the analyzing, and assessing a structure occupancy based at least in part on the identifying.

Claims (61)

1. A method for a security and/or automation system, comprising:

receiving social media data via a signal;

analyzing the social media data based at least in part on a first parameter to determine a first occupancy information at a structure, wherein the first occupancy information comprises a current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a location of a user of the security and/or automation system;

identifying a first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on a first weight assigned to the determined first occupancy information;

assigning a second weight to a second occupancy information determined from sensor data received from a sensor located at the structure, the sensor including at least one of a motion sensor, camera sensor, thermostat sensor, proximity sensor, or audio sensor, or any combination thereof, wherein the second occupancy information comprises the current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a schedule of the user;

modifying the first probability based at least in part on a weighted first occupancy information and a weighted second occupancy information, wherein the modified probability comprises a future probability of the user occupying the structure within a predetermined time; and

assessing a structure occupancy based at least in part on the modified probability.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving sensor data from the sensor located at the structure, the sensor data being related to the structure occupancy; and

wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the sensor data.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

analyzing the sensor data based at least in part on a second parameter.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein assessing the structure occupancy comprises:

assessing the first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data based at least in part on the first parameter; and

assessing a second probability associated with the second occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the sensor data based at least in part on the second parameter.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first probability and the second probability comprises the future probability.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first parameter comprises:

at least one of a word, a phrase, a character combination, an emoticon, a hashtag, a photo, a video, an object recognition, and a location.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

transmitting a notification based at least in part on the assessing.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the social media data comprises:

social media data of at least a first user and a second user.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein assessing the structure occupancy comprises:

assessing the first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data of the first user; and

assessing a second probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data of the second user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first parameter comprises:

at least one of an object detection, a facial recognition, a time stamp information, and a global positioning system (GPS) tag.

11. An apparatus for a security and/or automation system, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:

receive social media data via a signal;

analyze the social media data based at least in part on a first parameter to determine a first occupancy information at a structure, wherein the first occupancy information comprises a current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a location of a user of the security and/or automation system;

identify a first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on a first weight assigned to the determined first occupancy information;

assigning a second weight to a second occupancy information determined from sensor data received from a sensor located at the structure, the sensor including at least one of a motion sensor, camera sensor, thermostat sensor, proximity sensor, or audio sensor, or any combination thereof, wherein the second occupancy information comprises the current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a schedule of the user;

modify the first probability based at least in part on a weighted first occupancy information and a weighted second occupancy information, wherein the modified probability comprises a future probability of the user occupying the structure within a predetermined time; and

assess a structure occupancy based at least in part on the modified probability.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , the instructions being executable by the processor to:

receive sensor data from the sensor located at the structure, the sensor data being related to the structure occupancy; and

wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the sensor data.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , the instructions being executable by the processor to:

analyze the sensor data based at least in part on a second parameter.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein assessing the probability of the structure occupancy comprises:

assessing the first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data based at least in part on the first parameter; and

assessing a second probability associated with the second occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the sensor data based at least in part on the second parameter.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first probability and the second probability comprises the future probability.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first parameter comprises:

at least one of a word, a phrase, a character combination, an emoticon, a hashtag, a photo, a video, an object recognition, and a location.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , the instructions being executable by the processor to:

transmitting a notification based at least in part on the assessing.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the social media data comprises social media data of at least a first user and a second user.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein assessing of the structure occupancy comprises:

assessing the first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data of the first user; and

assessing a second probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on analyzing the social media data of the second user.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for a security and/or automation system, the code executable by a processor to:

receive social media data via a signal;

analyze the social media data based at least in part on a first parameter to determine a first occupancy information at a structure, wherein the first occupancy information comprises a current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a location of a user of the security and/or automation system;

identify a first probability associated with the first occupancy information based at least in part on a first weight assigned to the determined first occupancy information;

assigning a second weight to a second occupancy information determined from sensor data received from a sensor located at the structure, the sensor including at least one of a motion sensor, camera sensor, thermostat sensor, proximity sensor, or audio sensor, or any combination thereof, wherein the second occupancy information comprises the current occupancy information at the structure based at least in part on a schedule of the user;

modify the first probability based at least in part on a weighted first occupancy information and a weighted second occupancy information, wherein the modified probability comprises a future probability of the user occupying the structure within a predetermined time; and

assess a structure occupancy based at least in part on the modified probability.

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