IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,487,836
Granted Patent B2
US 11,487,836 · App. 16/529,857 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Sensory allegiance

Inventors: Venson Shaw (Kirkland, WA); Sangar Dowlatkhah (Johns Creek, GA)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
G06F16/9537G06F16/955H04L67/12H04M15/09H04W4/023H04W4/70
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Patent No.
US 11,487,836
App. No.
16/529,857
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Personalized sensory services are provided to mobile devices. As a sensor monitors an area of surveillance, the sensor may detect a passing mobile device. The sensor may thus ally itself to the passing mobile device and provide personalized sensory operations.

Claims (35)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a hardware processor, a device identifier sent from a sensor, the device identifier uniquely identifying a mobile device communicating with the sensor;

receiving, by the hardware processor, an angular orientation associated with the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to rotate amongst a plurality of different angular orientations, the angular orientation included in the plurality of different angular orientations; wherein each of the plurality of different angular orientations is associated with a respective home of a plurality of homes, and wherein the sensor is used to provide a shared security service to the plurality of homes;

based on the device identifier and the angular orientation, determining, by the hardware processor, an allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor;

in response to the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor, associating, by the hardware processor, an output generated by the sensor to the mobile device as part of the shared security service for a home included in the plurality of homes; determining a position associated with the sensor; and

identifying the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor based on the position.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the output generated by the sensor to the device identifier uniquely identifying the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the output generated by the sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the device identifier further comprises receiving the device identifier sent from a camera that communicates with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising identifying the allegiance based on the camera that communicates with the mobile device.

6. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a device identifier sent from a sensor, the device identifier uniquely identifying a mobile device communicating with the sensor;

receiving, by the hardware processor, an angular orientation associated with the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to rotate amongst a plurality of different angular orientations, the angular orientation included in the plurality of different angular orientations;

wherein each of the plurality of different angular orientations is associated with a respective home of a plurality of homes, and wherein the sensor is used to provide a shared security service to the plurality of homes;

based on the device identifier and the angular orientation, determining an allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor;

in response to the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor, associating an output generated by the sensor to the mobile device as part of the shared security service for a home included in the plurality of homes;

determining a position associated with the sensor; and

identifying the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor based on the position.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the output generated by the sensor to the device identifier uniquely identifying the mobile device.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the output generated by the sensor.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the device identifier sent from a camera that communicates with the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying the allegiance based on the camera that communicates with the mobile device.

11. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a device identifier sent from a sensor, the device identifier uniquely identifying a mobile device communicating with the sensor; receiving, by the hardware processor, an angular orientation associated with the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to rotate amongst a plurality of different angular orientations, the angular orientation included in the plurality of different angular orientations;

wherein each of the plurality of different angular orientations is associated with a respective home of a plurality of homes, and wherein the sensor is used to provide a shared security service to the plurality of homes;

based on the device identifier and the angular orientation, determining an allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor;

in response to the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor, associating an output generated by the sensor to the mobile device as part of the shared security service for a home included in the plurality of homes;

determining a position associated with the sensor; and

identifying the allegiance between the mobile device and the sensor based on the position.

12. The memory device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the output generated by the sensor to the device identifier uniquely identifying the mobile device.

13. The memory device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the output generated by the sensor.

14. The memory device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the device identifier sent from a camera that communicates with the mobile device.

15. The memory device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise identifying the allegiance based on the camera that communicates with the mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: SHAW, VENSON; DOWLATKHAH, SANGAR
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 14887579 · Oct 20, 2015
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