System and method of wifi router based detection and control

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• wherein at least one of said plurality of devices is a user associated device associated with an identified user, and wherein said WiFi router uses a presence of said user associated device and said identified user to select said at least one set of device activity criteria;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• wherein at least some of said plurality of devices each produce a plurality of different activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router, further using a combination of said different activity characteristic WiFi signals for at least a portion of said combined activity value;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• wherein said device activity characteristics for said plurality of devices comprises a plurality of device activity criteria, and wherein combining said plurality of device activity criteria produces a single combined activity value;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory;
• further using said processor and said WiFi router to provide an operator interface wherein a human operator may configure any of said device activity criteria, said combined activity value, and said target combined activity value.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory;
• wherein at least one of said plurality of devices further comprises a router controlled device;
• using said at least one processor and router controlled device control heuristics stored in said memory, said probable identity of said router controlled device, and said record of said comparison to control an operation of said router controlled device.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• wherein at least one of said plurality of devices has a persistent MAC address;
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• said WiFi router stores said persistent MAC address in memory, and uses said persistent MAC address to determine said probable identify of said at least one device;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory.

A method of using a WiFi router to regulate use of a plurality of router connected devices, said WiFi router comprising at least one processor, at least one of local or cloud memory, and at least one WiFi transceiver, said method comprising:

• using said WiFi router, and device identification criteria stored in said memory, to determine presence and probable identities of said plurality of devices by determining WiFi signals characteristic of said plurality of devices;
• at least some of said plurality of devices producing activity characteristic WiFi signals that are detectable by said WiFi router;
• using at least one set of device activity criteria to monitor said plurality of devices;
• combining said device activity criteria to produce a combined activity value, and storing said device activity criteria and said combined activity value in said memory;
• using said at least one processor, said device activity criteria, and said activity characteristic WiFi signals to perform, for said plurality of devices, a comparison between said activity characteristic WiFi signals, said combined activity value, and a target combined activity value, and store a record of said comparison in said memory;
• further using said processor to transmit said record of said comparison to a remote server;
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• further using said remote server, and at least one set of server device activity monitoring and control criteria, to offset at least one device activity characteristic of at least one device for said combined activity value.