IP Library Granted Patent US 10,728,329
Granted Patent B2
US 10,728,329 · App. 15/358,995 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

System and methods for secure data storage

Inventors: Alen Lynn Peacock (Orem, UT); Spencer Nugent (American Fork, UT); Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll (Highland, UT)
Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
H04L67/1097G06F11/2015H04L12/2803H04L13/08H04L29/08801H04L49/9063H04L67/2842
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Patent No.
US 10,728,329
App. No.
15/358,995
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for secure data storage is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving data at a receiver. The method may further include integrating a storage device with the receiver, and storing the received data on the integrated storage device. The method may further include communicating the received data from the integrated storage device to be stored on a remote distributed storage network.

Claims (26)

1. A computer-implemented method for secure data storage, comprising:

receiving, at a router comprising one or more sensors associated with a security and/or automation system, data packets from a network that are associated with Internet traffic directed through the router, wherein the router is powered by a first power source;

communicating, from the router to a storage device powered by a second power source independent from the first power source and integrated with the router in a single housing, the data packets received at the router;

storing the data packets received at the router on the storage device; and

communicating the data packets received at the router from the storage device to the network, wherein the data packets are stored on a remote distributed storage network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storage device is coupled to the router by at least one of snapping, or plugging, or mechanically attaching the storage device to the router, or any combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote distributed storage network comprises a cloud storage network.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more of a motion sensor, smoke sensor, glass break sensor, door sensor, window sensor, or carbon monoxide sensor.

5. An apparatus for secure data storage, comprising:

a processor;

a router powered by a first power source;

a storage device integrated with the router in a single housing and powered by a second power source independent from the first power source;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

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

receive, at the router comprising one or more sensors associated with a security and/or automation system, data packets from a network that are associated with Internet traffic directed through the router

communicate, from the router to the storage device, the data packets received at the router;

store the data packets received at the router on the storage device; and

communicate the data packets received at the router from the storage device to the network, wherein the data packets are stored on a remote distributed storage network.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the storage device is coupled to the router by any of a snap, a plug, or a mechanical attachment, or any combination thereof.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the remote distributed storage network comprises a cloud storage network.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:

receive, at a router comprising one or more sensors associated with a security and/or automation system, data packets from a network that are associated with Internet traffic directed through the router, wherein the router is powered by a first power source;

communicate, from the router to a storage device powered by a second power source independent from the first power source and integrated with the router in a single housing, the data packets received at the router;

store the data packets received at the router on the storage device; and

communicate the data packets received at the router from the storage device to the network, wherein the data packets are stored on a remote distributed storage network.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the remote distributed storage network comprises a cloud storage network.

Assignments (10)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: STORJ LABS INTERNATIONAL SEZC
To: STORJ LABS INC.
Reel/Frame 071378/0713 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 049283, FRAME 0566 Recorded Nov 11, 2024
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: VIVINT, INC.
Reel/Frame 069334/0137 →
RELEASE (REEL 047029/ FRAME 0304) Recorded Nov 1, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: VIVINT LLC (F/K/A VIVINT, INC.)
Reel/Frame 069289/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: PANDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: STORJ LABS INTERNATIONAL SEZC
Reel/Frame 060762/0834 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: VIVINT, INC.
To: PANDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059565/0691 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: VIVINT, INC.
Reel/Frame 056832/0824 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 23, 2019
From: VIVINT, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049283/0566 →
SUPPL. NO. 2 SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: VIVINT, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA N.A.
Reel/Frame 047024/0048 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: VIVINT, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 047029/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2016
From: PEACOCK, ALEN LYNN; NUGENT, SPENCER; GORDON-CARROLL, CLINT HUSON
To: VIVINT, INC.
Reel/Frame 040404/0380 →