Adaptive supervision signals
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorParitosh Anil Kavathekar
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Abstract
Systems and techniques are described for dynamically configuring and/or adjusting intervals for exchanging supervision signals between a control panel and an associated server system of a monitoring system located in a property. In some implementations, sensor data generated by one or more sensors of a monitoring system is obtained. A status of the property is determined based on the sensor data. A pinging frequency of the monitoring system is adjusted based on the status of the property. The pinging frequency specifies a frequency of communications between the server system and the control unit. The control unit is then configured to communicate with the server system according to the adjusted pinging frequency.
Claims18
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property, the monitoring system comprising:
- one or more sensors that are located throughout the property and that are configured to generate sensor data;
- a control unit that is configured to receive, from the one or more sensors, the sensor data;
- and
- a server system that is configured to communicate with the control unit according to a pinging frequency that specifies a time period between communications between the server system and the control unit,
- wherein the control unit is configured to:
- determine a status of the property based on the sensor data;
- and
- transmit, to the server system, data indicating the status of the property, and
- wherein the server system is configured to:
- access a repository that specifies (i) multiple statuses for the property, and (ii) a different pinging frequency for each status included in the multiple statuses;
- determine that a particular status within the repository matches the status of the monitoring system;
- and
- adjust the pinging frequency to match a particular pinging frequency corresponding to the particular status;
- communicate with the control unit according to the pinging frequency that was adjusted.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property and that includes a control unit and a server system, sensor data generated by one or more sensors of the monitoring system;
- determining, by the monitoring system, a status of the property based on the sensor data;
- accessing, by the monitoring system, a repository that specifies (i) multiple statuses for the property, and (ii) a different pinging frequency for each status included in the multiple statuses;
- determining, by the monitoring system, that a particular status within the repository matches the status of the monitoring system;
- adjusting, by the monitoring system, a pinging frequency of the monitoring system to match a particular pinging frequency corresponding to the particular status;
- and
- configuring, by the monitoring system, the control unit to communicate with the server system according to the pinging frequency that was adjusted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.