# US 10,503,667 B1 · Charger gateway providing two-way charger gateway providing two-way communications for one of more of the following product categories: security devices, life safety devices, home automation devices, personal emergency response (PERs) devices and tele-health devices

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- Number: US 10,503,667 B1
- Document ID: US10503667B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/922,430
- Filed: 2018-03-15
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-15
- Applicants: Scott Simon; Matthew Schweiger
- Inventors: Scott Simon; Matthew Schweiger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503667B1

## CPC

- G06F 13/10: Program control for peripheral devices (G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence)
- H02J 7/70: characterised by the mechanical construction
- H02J 7/80: including monitoring or indicating arrangements
- H02J 13/1335: {involving a local wireless network, e.g. Wi-Fi®, ZigBee® or Bluetooth®}
- H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks}
- H04L 12/2834: {Switching of information between an external network and a home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856)}
- H04L 12/66: Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
- G05B 2219/2642: Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
- H02J 2105/42: Home appliances
- H02J 2105/52: for limitation of the power consumption in the networks or in one section of the networks, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
- Y02B 70/30: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
- Y02B 70/3225: Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
- Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00)
- Y04S 20/20: End-user application control systems
- Y04S 20/222: Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
- Y04S 20/242: Home appliances
- Y04S 40/126: using wireless data transmission
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS

## Abstract

A charger base station includes at least one of a security system, home automation system, life safety system, a PER system and a tele-health system, the charger base station including a housing having a charger port for charging an electronic device with the housing having a compartment for a microprocessor, a memory, a firmware, a transceiver, a cellular communicator, Wi-Fi, and hardware, and software producing a security system supporting IP video, at least one peripheral device taken from the group of 319 MHz, 345 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 900 MHz wireless peripherals, a home automation system serving as controller of z-wave or zigbee devices, life safety devices, a PERs device and tele-health device capable of measuring, recording and wirelessly transmitting physiological data of a connected tele-health product, life safety device and a PERs via at least one of a backend device, a central station device and local and remote user devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A charger base station incorporating at least one from the group of a security system, a home automation system, a life safety system, a personal emergency response system and a tele-health system, comprising:
a housing having a charger port for charging an electronic device, said housing having a compartment for a microprocessor, a memory, a firmware, a transceiver, a cellular communicator, Wi-Fi, and hardware and software providing a security system supporting IP video;
at least one peripheral device taken from the group of: 319 MHz, 345 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz and 900 MHz wireless peripherals, a home automation system serving as controller of z-wave or zigbee devices, life safety devices, a personal emergency response device, and an apparatus for monitoring and assessing a person's health via measuring, recording and wirelessly transmitting physiological data of a connected tele-health product, life safety device and a personal emergency response device via at least one from the group of a backend device, a central station device and local and remote user devices; and
applications downloadable to the person's electronic device for providing local and remote two-way communication through the charger base station with at least one from the group of a security system, a home automation system, a life safety system, a personal emergency response system, and said apparatus for monitoring and assessing the person's health, for determining status and functional control for all connected devices, wherein at least one from the group of the security system and the life safety system supports IP video and said at least one peripheral device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, further comprising an I/O port for wired and wireless communication with local and external devices.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, further comprising Sigfox and LoRa communication protocols.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, further comprising software application interface enabling two-way communication with at least one from the group of the backend device, the central station device and the local or remote end user device charger base station system.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, further comprising an input/output capability to an electronic device for navigating menus, selecting and setting a system's peripheral components both locally and remotely.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The charger base station according to claim 5, wherein said housing further comprises an electronic display including at least one from the group of a touch screen display, a cellphone and a tablet and a keypad for navigating the charger base unit and subordinate peripherals both locally and remotely.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The charger base station according to claim 5, wherein said housing further comprises at least one audible and visual operational indicator.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, wherein state changes of the security system establishes wireless communication through said charger base station via a communication channel with a backend, a central monitoring station, an app and local or remote user interfaces, detecting, monitoring and responding to a security device state change.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The charger base station according to claim 8, wherein said wireless communication includes at least one from the group of a cellular communication and a Wi-Fi transmission.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The charger base station according to claim 8, wherein said wireless communication includes at least one from the group of Sigfox wireless technology and LoRa wireless technology.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The charger base station according to claim 9, further comprising two-way voice communication between the central monitoring station and an end user app.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The charger base station according to claim 1, wherein the home automation system serves as hub controller for zigbee and/or z-wave peripheral devices including lighting, environmental controls, thermostats, appliances, garage controllers and locks providing information upon device state change.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The charger base station of claim 1, wherein said apparatus for monitoring and assessing the person's health includes a telecommunication device able to be used in conjunction with multiple user application interfaces providing measuring, recording and wirelessly transmitting physiological data of connected health care products via a wireless peripheral transmitting at a frequency of 319 MHz, 345 MHz, 433 MHz, 868 MHz or 900 MHz for performing user related health care tasks via said communication channels.