Mobile device detection
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsWilliam McMaster, James Kosta
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for the detection, following a trigger event, of a device that may be sending and/or receiving signals within a space associated with a wireless network. A wireless signal receiver may be activated and may identify the device by detecting transmissions from the device, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular or other wireless transmissions. The wireless signal receiver may extract, without connecting the device to a local network, information from the transmission that may identify the device. The wireless signal receiver may send the information to an alarm monitor and may be placed in a dormant state.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from one or more premises sensors, an indication of a potential unauthorized entry associated with a premises;
- in response to the indication of the potential unauthorized entry, performing detection for wireless communications in proximity to the premises;
- determining, from one or more detected wireless communications, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices;
- storing an association of the potential unauthorized entry and the one or more identifiers;
- and
- performing an action associated with denial of connection to a network associated with the premises.
A method comprising:
- in response to received data from one or more premises sensors associated with a premises, sending an indication of a wireless network;
- determining, from one or more wireless communications received from one or more wireless devices attempting to connect to the wireless network based on the indication, one or more identifiers associated with the one or more wireless devices;
- sending, to a device associated with the premises, one or more second communications indicating an entry and the one or more identifiers;
- and
- performing an action associated with denial of connection to the wireless network.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from one or more premises sensors, an indication of an unknown entry into a premises;
- causing, in response to the indication, activation of a scan for wireless communications in proximity to the premises;
- determining, from one or more wireless communications detected based on the scan, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices;
- and
- sending, to a second computing device, one or more messages based on the indication and the one or more wireless devices, wherein the one or more messages comprise the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more wireless devices and a time associated with the indication of the unknown entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.