IP Library Granted Patent US 10,281,167
Granted Patent B2
US 10,281,167 · App. 15/879,552 · Granted May 7, 2019

Networked air quality monitoring

Inventor: David Martin (Chagrin Falls, OH)
Assignee: INTWINE CONNECT, LLC
F24F11/62F24F11/30G01N33/00G01N33/0075F24F2110/50F24F2110/70F24F2110/72
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Patent No.
US 10,281,167
App. No.
15/879,552
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuously monitoring residential air quality and providing a trend based analysis regarding various air pollutants are presented herein. The system comprises an air quality monitor located in a residential house, wherein the air quality monitor is configured to measure the level of an air pollutant. The system also includes a server that is communicatively coupled to the air quality monitor, wherein the server is configured to generate a unique environmental fingerprint associated with the residential house.

Claims (27)

1. A telemedicine monitoring server device, comprising:

a memory to store machine instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes the machine instructions to perform operations, comprising:

receiving data representing a data point associated with an air pollutant extant within a habitable structure;

generating, as a function of the air pollutant, a finger print for the habitable structure; and

as a function of the finger print, facilitating activation of an abatement device located within the habitable structure to reduce the air pollutant.

2. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 1 , the operations further comprise, correlating the air pollutant to patient data to represent a first correlation; identifying a first trend associated with the air pollutant and the first correlation; aggregating, over a defined time period, data points associated with the air pollutant extant within the habitable structure to form aggregated data; correlating the aggregated data to the patient data to represent a second correlation; and identifying a second trend associated with the air pollutant and the second correlation.

3. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 1 , the operations further comprise, as a function of the finger print, initiating transmission of notification data representing a notification message regarding the air pollutant.

4. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 1 , the operations further comprise, as a function of a first generated finger print for the habitable structure and a second generated finger print for the habitable structure, determining a deviation between the first generated finger print and the second generated finger print.

5. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 4 , as a function of the deviation, initiating transmission of a notification to a user device via a group of notification services comprising a short messaging service (SMS), a multi-media service (MMS), a paging service, an email, or a telephone service.

6. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises sensor readings from a group of sensors comprising a particulate sensor, a temperature sensor, a relative humidity sensor, a volatile organic compound sensor, a nitrogen oxide sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a combustible gas sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, or a formaldehyde sensor.

7. The telemedicine monitoring server device of claim 1 , wherein the data representing the data point is aggregated by a small form factor device located in the habitable structure.

8. A telemedicine store and forward device, comprising:

a processor that executes instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving data representing a plurality of data points associated with a plurality of air pollutants extant within a habitable area of a vehicle;

compressing the plurality of data points to form aggregation data representing an aggregation of the plurality of data points;

initiating transmission of the aggregation data to a server device, wherein the server device, based on an air pollutant comprising the plurality of air pollutants, determines a first trend associated with the air pollutant and a first correlation of the air pollutant to patient data, and determines a second trend associated with the air pollutant and a second correlation of the aggregation data to the patient data, and wherein the server device, as a function of the aggregation data, facilitates initiation of an alarm in the habitable area as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and a deviation from a threshold of a level of an air pollutant that comprises the plurality of air pollutants.

9. The telemedicine store and forward device of claim 8 , wherein the server device employs the aggregation data to generate an environmental finger print for the habitable area as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and each air pollutant comprising the plurality of air pollutants.

10. The telemedicine store and forward device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of data points comprises a temperature or a relative humidity determined as a function of the habitable area.

11. The telemedicine store and forward device of claim 8 , wherein the server device, as a function of the aggregation data, facilitates initiation of an abatement device as a function of a characteristic of the vehicle and a deviation from a threshold of a level of an air pollutant that comprises the plurality of air pollutants.

12. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a processor to perform operations, comprising:

establishing a data point with respect to an air pollutant level in a dwelling; and

transmitting the data point to a telemedicine store-process-forward processing device, wherein the air pollutant level is determined as a function of a group of determinations, performed by a server device, identifying a first trend related to the air pollutant level and a first correlation of the air pollutant level to patient data and identifying a second trend related to the pollutant level and a second correlation of the aggregated data to the patient data, and wherein the server device facilitates initiation of an alarm in the dwelling based on a first deviation from the first trend and a second deviation from the second trend.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating, by the telemedicine store-process-forward processing device, aggregation of the data point with a previously aggregated data point to form aggregated data.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating, by the telemedicine store-process-forward processing device, initiation of transmission of the aggregated data to the server device.

15. The computer readable storage device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise facilitating, by the server device, establishment of an environmental finger print unique to the dwelling.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprising facilitating, by the server device, activation of an air pollution abatement device in the dwelling based on the environmental finger print and a deviation of the data point from a threshold level determined by the server device.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 14533305 · Nov 5, 2014
Continuation 13737102 · Jan 9, 2013
Provisional Application 61584432 · Jan 9, 2012
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