# US 10,873,728 B2 · Home automation system-initiated calls > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,728 B2 - Document ID: US10873728B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/539,114 - Filed: 2019-08-13 - Published: 2020-02-06 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-06 - Assignees: Vivint, Inc. - Applicants: Vivint, Inc. - Inventors: Michael D. Child; Matthew Mahar; Matthew J. Eyring; Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll; Jeremy Bruce Warren; James Ellis Nye; Jefferson Huhta Lyman; Michelle Zundel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873728B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks} - H04L 12/4625: {Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge} - H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless} - H04L 2012/2849: {Audio/video appliances} - H04N 7/14: Systems for two-way working ({H04N7/12, } H04N7/173 take precedence) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for security and/or automation systems are described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving a call initiation instruction at a video monitoring component of a home automation system. The method may further include analyzing the call initiation instruction, and communicating a call request from the video monitoring component of the home automation system to a first remote user based at least in part on the received call initiation instruction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a tactile input at a stand-alone camera of a home automation system; identifying, via the stand-alone camera, a characteristic associated with the tactile input; determining, based at least in part on the tactile input, that a gesture is in queue; detecting the gesture performed by a person in line-of-sight of the stand-alone camera; analyzing the gesture based at least in part on determining the gesture is in queue; identifying, based at least in part on the identified characteristic, the analyzed gesture, or a combination thereof, a contact from a contact database; and establishing a wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and a remote device associated with the identified contact. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tactile input comprises: an indication that the person intends to initiate a call with a remote device, and wherein identifying the contact further comprises identifying a contact from a set of contacts in the contact database based on the gesture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the characteristic comprises: determining that the tactile input has been received a predetermined number of times, has been received during a predetermined duration, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the characteristic comprises: comparing the tactile input with a predefined tactile input sequence during a time period; and identifying the characteristic based at least in part on the comparing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the predefined tactile input sequence is user-defined, system-defined, is associated with a user profile, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying a preconfigured user behavior corresponding to the person; determining that the tactile input, the gesture, or both, deviate from the preconfigured user behavior; and determining, based at least in part on the determined deviation, that a communication from the person is urgent, wherein establishing the wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and the remote device is based at least in part on the determining that the communication is urgent. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein establishing the wireless communication link further comprises: initiating the wireless communication link immediately upon determining that the communication from the person is urgent. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein identifying the contact from the contact database further comprises: identifying an emergency contact, based at least in part on determining that the communication form the person is urgent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tactile input and the gesture are performed by the person simultaneously. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tactile input is performed by the person prior to the gesture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is performed by the person prior to the tactile input. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying a set of predetermined contacts in the contact database, each predetermined contact of the contact database having a unique correlation with a characteristic of a respective tactile input, wherein the identified contact is one of the set of predetermined contacts having a respective unique correlation with the identified characteristic of the tactile input. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: comparing the gesture with a database of gestures, each gesture in the database of gestures having a unique correlation with a contact in the contact database, wherein the identified contact is one of the contacts in the contact database having a unique correlation with a gesture in the database of gestures. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture comprises a hand gesture. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture comprises an interactive physical motion captured as a still image, a video, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tactile input comprises a tap, a double tap, a drag, a flick, a rotation, a spreading motion, a pinching motion, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, via the stand-alone camera, an identify of the person perform the tactile input based at least in part on the gesture, detected user information, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 18 A stand-alone camera for wireless communication, comprising: a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to: receive a tactile input at a stand-alone camera of a home automation system; identify, via the stand-alone camera, a characteristic associated with the tactile input; determine, based at least in part on the tactile input, that a gesture is in queue; detect the gesture performed by a person in line-of-sight of the stand-alone camera; analyze the gesture based at least in part on determining the gesture is in queue; identify, based at least in part on the identified characteristic, the analyzed gesture, or a combination thereof, a contact from a contact database; and establish a wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and a remote device associated with the identified contact. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the tactile input comprises: an indication that the person intends to initiate a call with a remote device, and wherein identifying the contact further comprises identifying a contact from a set of contacts in the contact database based on the gesture. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to: receive a tactile input at a stand-alone camera of a home automation system; identify, via the stand-alone camera, a characteristic associated with the tactile input; determine, based at least in part on the tactile input, that a gesture is in queue; detect the gesture performed by a person in line-of-sight of the stand-alone camera; analyzing the gesture based at least in part on determining the gesture is in queue; identify, based at least in part on the identified characteristic, the analyzed gesture, or a combination thereof, a contact from a contact database; and establish a wireless communication link between the stand-alone camera and a remote device associated with the identified contact.