Home automation communication system
AssigneeVivint, Inc.
InventorsMatthew J. Eyring, Jeremy B. Warren, James E. Nye
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Abstract
A method for security and/or automation systems, comprising determining a presence of a first occupant in a first room at a predefined location, the first room communicatively coupled to a first electronic device capable of receiving input; receiving a request for communication with the first occupant by a remote computer system; sending a response to the request for communication with the first occupant; and establishing a communications link between the first electronic device and the remote computer system.
Claims19
An apparatus for an automation system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- a wireless communication interface coupled with the processor;
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- determine, by the processor, a presence of an occupant at a predefined location based at least in part on receiving input from a first sensor;
- transmit, by the processor, a visual floorplan of the predefined location, wherein the visual floorplan is overlaid with indicators indicative of an inventory of other occupants determined to be present at the predefined location;
- and
- receive a request for communication with the occupant from a remote computer system based at least in part on the transmitting the visual floorplan.
A method for security and/or automation systems, comprising:
- determining a presence of an occupant at a predefined location within a building based at least in part on a signal received from a first sensor;
- comparing the signal received from the first sensor to first identification data corresponding to the occupant;
- determining, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the occupant is authorized to be at the predefined location within the building;
- receiving a request for communication with the occupant by a remote computer system;
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- establishing, based at least in part on the receiving and the determining whether the occupant is authorized to be at the predefined location within the building, a communication link between the remote computer system.
A method for operating an automation system comprising:
- determining, based at least in part on using a processor, a presence of an occupant at a predefined location based at least in part on receiving input from a first sensor;
- transmitting, based at least in part on using a processor, a visual floorplan of the predefined location, wherein the visual floorplan is overlaid with indicators indicative of an inventory of other occupants determined to be present at the predefined location;
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- receive a request for communication with the occupant from a remote computer system based at least in part on the transmitting the visual floorplan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.