# US 10,375,760 B2 · Method and apparatus for notifying a user that a device needs to be cleaned and/or serviced

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- Number: US 10,375,760 B2
- Document ID: US10375760B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/618,176
- Filed: 2017-06-09
- Published: 2018-12-13
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-06-09
- Assignees: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- Applicants: Motorola Solutions, Inc
- Inventors: Geng Xiang Lee; Anoop Sehgal Paras Ram; Bing Qin Lim; Rm Muthaiah Ramanathan; Chun Meng Tan
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375760B2

## CPC

- H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
- H04M 3/42: Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers (specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00)
- H04W 24/04: Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
- H04W 84/08: Trunked mobile radio systems
- H04W 88/02: Terminal devices
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A method and apparatus for notifying a user that a device needs to be serviced is provided herein. During operation, a device will determine that at least the first device has been serviced or needs to be serviced. When this occurs, the device will determine members of a personal-area-network (PAN) that includes/included the first device, and notify a user that the PAN members should be serviced as well.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising: a personal-area network (PAN) transceiver configured to form a PAN with a plurality of sensors and/or accessories by communicating with the plurality of sensors and/or accessories, wherein the communication utilizes a short-range wireless communication system protocol; a wide-area network (WAN) transceiver configured to receive a computer-aided dispatch identification (CAD ID) from a dispatch center, wherein the CAD ID identifies a public-safety incident; a database comprising identifications of the smart sensors and/or accessories that were members of the PAN during the public-safety incident; and logic circuitry configured to access the database and determine the sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning, wherein the sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning comprise the sensors and/or accessories that formed the PAN during the public-safety incident,
wherein the PAN transceiver is configured to receive an indication that a PAN device has been cleaned or is in need of cleaning.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a graphical-user interface configured to display a notification of PAN sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a digital assistant configured to notify a user of PAN sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the PAN sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning are additionally based on the received indication.

### Claim 5

A method comprising the steps of: forming a PAN by communicating with a plurality of sensors and/or accessories utilizing a personal-area network (PAN) transceiver, wherein the communication utilizes a short-range wireless communication system protocol; receiving a computer-aided dispatch identification (CAD ID) from a dispatch center via a wide-area network (WAN) transceiver, wherein the CAD ID identifies a public-safety incident; and accessing a database comprising identifications of the smart sensors and/or accessories that were members of the PAN during the public-safety incident; and determining smart sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning, wherein the sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning comprise the sensors and/or accessories that formed the PAN during the public-safety incident,
wherein the CAD ID comprises an identification of a fire, and the sensors and/or accessories that for the PAN were at the fire.

### Claim 6

An apparatus comprising:
a personal-area network (PAN) transceiver configured to form a PAN with a plurality of sensors and/or accessories by communicating with the plurality of sensors and/or accessories, wherein the communication utilizes a short-range wireless communication system protocol;
a wide-area network (WAN) transceiver configured to receive a computer-aided dispatch identification (CAD ID) from a dispatch center that identifies a public-safety event comprising a fire;
a database comprising identifications of the smart sensors and/or accessories that were members of the PAN during the fire; and
logic circuitry configured to access the database and determine the sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning, wherein the sensors and/or accessories that need cleaning comprise the sensors and/or accessories that formed the PAN during the fire.