# US 11,445,348 B2 · Bluetooth perimeter extension > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,348 B2 - Document ID: US11445348B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/751,149 - Filed: 2020-01-23 - Published: 2021-07-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-23 - Assignees: Ademco Inc. - Applicants: Ademco Inc. - Inventors: Robert D. Juntunen; Steven C. Nichols - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445348B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04L 12/2832: {Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks (single bridge functionality H04L12/4625)} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 69/08: Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion - H04L 69/18: Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols - H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G16Y 10/80: Homes; Buildings - G16Y 20/10: relating to the environment, e.g. temperature; relating to location - G16Y 40/30: Control - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G16Y: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT] ## Abstract In some examples, a system for comfort or security in a building and its premises includes a plurality of “first” devices configured to wirelessly communicate with a hub device that is a master for controlling the system for comfort or security in the building and premises, wherein the plurality of first devices and the hub device are configured to wirelessly communicate using either one of an IEEE 802.15.4 standard or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) 5.0 standard; a plurality of “second” devices that are battery powered and configured to wirelessly communicate with respective ones of the plurality of first devices, wherein the plurality of second devices and respective ones of the plurality of first devices are configured to communicate using the BTLE 5.0 standard, wherein the hub device and the plurality of second devices are configured to communicate with each other via respective ones of the plurality of first devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for comfort or security in a building and premise, the system comprising: a plurality of first devices configured to wirelessly communicate with a hub device that is a master for controlling the system for comfort or security in the building and premises, wherein the plurality of first devices and the hub device are configured to wirelessly communicate using either one of an IEEE 802.15.4 standard or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) 5.0 standard; a plurality of second devices that are battery powered and configured to wirelessly communicate with respective ones of the plurality of first devices, wherein the plurality of second devices and respective ones of the plurality of first devices are configured to communicate using the BTLE 5.0 standard, wherein the hub device and the plurality of second devices are configured to communicate with each other via respective ones of the plurality of first devices, and wherein at least one of: the plurality of second devices comprises at least one sensor device; the plurality of first devices comprises a first device configured to: receive sensor data from the at least one sensor device via the BTLE 5.0 standard; convert the sensor data from a BTLE 5.0 format to an IEEE 802.15.4 format and transmit the sensor data to the hub device via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard; or the plurality of second devices comprises at least one controllable device; the plurality of first devices comprises a second device configured to: receive program instructions from the hub device via the IEEE 802.14.4 standard; convert the program instructions from the IEEE 802.15.4 format to the BTLE 5.0 format and transmit the program instructions to the at least one controllable device via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first devices comprises: a smart thermostat; a portal contact sensor; or a motion sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor device comprises: a carbon-monoxide detector; a motion sensor; a portal contact sensor; an air sensor; or a passive infrared sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one controllable device comprises an air vent damper configured to open or close an air vent in response to wirelessly receiving the program instructions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein: the at least one sensor device comprises: a carbon-monoxide detector; a motion sensor; a portal contact sensor; an air sensor; or a passive infrared sensor; and the at least one controllable device comprises: an air vent damper. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one controllable device is further configured to perform an action in response to receiving the program instructions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one controllable device comprises an air vent damper, wherein the air vent damper is configured to close an air vent in response to receiving the program instructions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first devices is configured to communicate via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard in a first plurality of time slots and communicate via the BTLE 5.0 standard in a second plurality of time slots, wherein each of the first plurality of time slots is different from each of the second plurality of time slots. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second devices comprises both the at least one sensor device and the at least one controllable device, and wherein the plurality of first devices comprises both the first device of the plurality of first devices and the second device of the plurality of first devices. ### Claim 10 A method for communicating in a system for comfort or security in a building and premise, the method comprising: wirelessly communicating between a plurality of first devices and a hub device, wherein the hub device is a master for controlling the system for comfort or security in the building and premises, and wherein the plurality of first devices and the hub device are configured to wirelessly communicate using either one of an IEEE 802.15.4 standard or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) 5.0 standard; and wirelessly communicating between a plurality of second devices that are battery powered, and respective ones of the plurality of first devices using the BTLE 5.0 standard, wherein the hub device and the plurality of second devices are configured to communicate with each other via respective ones of the plurality of first devices, and wherein at least one of: the plurality of second devices comprises at least one sensor device; the method further comprising: receiving, with a first device of the plurality of first devices, sensor data from the at least one sensor device via the BTLE 5.0 standard; converting, with the first device of the plurality of first devices, the sensor data from a BTLE 5.0 format to an IEEE 802.15.4 format and transmitting, with the first device of the plurality of first devices, the sensor data to the hub device via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard; or the plurality of second devices comprises at least one controllable device; the method further comprising: receiving, with a second device of the plurality of first devices, program instructions from the hub device via the IEEE 802.14.4 standard; converting, with the second device of the plurality of first devices, the program instructions from the IEEE 802.15.4 format to the BTLE 5.0 format and transmitting, with the second device of the plurality of first devices, the program instructions to the at least one controllable device via the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of first devices comprises: a smart thermostat; a portal contact sensor; or a motion sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one sensor device comprises: a carbon-monoxide detector; a motion sensor; a portal contact sensor; an air sensor; or a passive infrared sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one controllable device comprises an air vent damper. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein: wherein the plurality of second devices comprises both the at least one sensor device and the at least one controllable device, and wherein the plurality of first devices comprises both the first device of the plurality of first devices and the second device of the plurality of first devices.