IP Library Granted Patent US 11,495,117
Granted Patent B2
US 11,495,117 · App. 16/997,769 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Security monitoring and control

Inventors: Tobin E. Farrand (Pacific Grove, CA); William M. Gillon (San Mateo, CA); Kevin D. Snow (Granite Bay, CA); William T. Krein (Loomis, CA); David A. Bryan (Cedar Park, TX)
Assignee: Ooma, Inc.
G08B25/00G08B13/02G08B25/001G08B25/006G08B25/008G08B25/08G08B25/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,495,117
App. No.
16/997,769
Filed
Aug 19, 2020
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2685
USPC
340/517
Abstract

Systems, methods, and software for monitoring and controlling a security system for a structure are provided herein. An exemplary method may include receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure; determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data; creating an alert based in part on the critical event; getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit; determining a response based in part on the alert and user preferences; and activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.

Claims (79)

1. A method for security monitoring and control comprising:

receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;

determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;

creating an alert based in part on the critical event;

getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit;

determining a response based in part on the alert and the user preferences; and

activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first peripheral includes at least one of a cordless phone, door/gate sensor, window sensor, glass breakage sensor, flood sensor, pool sensor, and baby monitor.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the alert to a server,

wherein the user preferences are received from the server.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a notification to the user based at least on the response; and

receiving instructions from the user,

wherein the activating is further based on the instructions.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting a wireless device associated with an intruder; and

determining one or more properties of the wireless device, the determining including detecting a digital fingerprint of the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein:

the wireless device is a Bluetooth enabled device in discoverable mode, and

determining the one or more properties further includes at least one of executing software on, sending a chunk of data to, or sending a sequence of commands to the Bluetooth enabled device, so as to gain control of the Bluetooth enabled device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the second peripheral includes an unmanned aircraft, and

activating the second peripheral includes:

sending the unmanned aircraft to an area of interest, the area of interest determined based at least on the critical event;

sensing at least one of video and audio, the sensing using at least one of video and audio sensors disposed on the unmanned aircraft; and

providing the at least one of video and audio.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the second peripheral includes at least one cordless phone, and

activating the second peripheral includes:

silently turning on a microphone of the at least one cordless phone;

sensing audio using the microphone; and

providing the audio.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein activating the second peripheral further includes playing a selected recorded announcement using a speaker of the at least one cordless phone, the selection of the recorded announcement based at least on the response.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein activating the service includes posting to social media to alert neighbors based at least on the response.

11. A base unit comprising:

a processor; and

a tangible memory coupled to the processor, the tangible memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method for security monitoring and control comprising:

receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;

determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;

creating an alert based in part on the critical event;

getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit;

determining a response based in part on the alert and the user preferences; and

activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.

12. The base unit of claim 11 wherein the first peripheral includes at least one of a cordless phone, door/gate sensor, window sensor, glass breakage sensor, flood sensor, camera, smart thermostat, pool sensor, and baby monitor.

13. The base unit of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises:

providing the alert to a server,

wherein the user preferences are received from the server.

14. The base unit of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises:

providing a notification to the user based at least on the response; and

receiving instructions from the user,

wherein the activating is further based on the instructions from the user.

15. The base unit of claim 11 wherein the method further comprises:

detecting a wireless device associated with an intruder; and

determining properties of the wireless device.

16. The base unit of claim 15 wherein:

the wireless device is a Bluetooth enabled device in discoverable mode, and

determining the properties includes at least one of executing software on, sending a chunk of data to, or sending a sequence of commands to the Bluetooth enabled device, so as to gain control of the Bluetooth enabled device.

17. The base unit of claim 11 wherein:

the second peripheral includes an unmanned aircraft, and

activating the second peripheral includes:

sending the unmanned aircraft to an area of interest, the area of interest determined based at least on the critical event;

sensing at least one of video and audio, the sensing using at least one of video and audio sensors disposed on the unmanned aircraft; and

providing the at least one of video and audio.

18. The base unit of claim 11 wherein:

the second peripheral includes at least one cordless phone, and

activating the second peripheral includes:

silently turning on a microphone of the at least one cordless phone;

sensing audio using the microphone; and

providing the audio.

19. The base unit of claim 18 wherein activating the second peripheral further includes playing a selected recorded announcement using a speaker of the at least one cordless phone, the selection of the recorded announcement based at least on the response.

20. The base unit of claim 11 wherein activating the service includes posting to social media to alert neighbors based at least on the alert.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for security monitoring and control, the method comprising:

receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure;

determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data;

creating an alert based in part on the critical event;

getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit;

determining a response based in part on the alert and the user preferences; and

activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2023
From: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: OOMA, INC.
Reel/Frame 063910/0866 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: OOMA, INC.
To: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 054959/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: FARRAND, TOBIN E.; GILLON, WILLIAM M.; SNOW, KEVIN D.; KREIN, WILLIAM T.; BRYAN, DAVID A.
To: OOMA, INC.
Reel/Frame 053632/0028 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16296058 · Mar 7, 2019
Continuation 15369655 · Dec 5, 2016
Continuation 14283132 · May 20, 2014
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