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US 11,706,045 B2Granted
Modular electronic display platform
AssigneeiControl Networks, Inc.
InventorReza Raji
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Abstract
Methods and systems for reconfiguring an interface device are described. The interface device may comprise a housing, one or more processors disposed in the housing, a display, a network interface that enables communication with a security system, and a module connector. One or more of a plurality of modules may be removably coupled, via the module connector, with the interface device. The plurality of modules may enable the interface device to perform different functions. An example module, when coupled to the module connector, may enable communication between multiple networks.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- an interface device comprising:
- a housing comprising one or more processors;
- a display in communication with the one or more processors;
- a network interface configured to enable communication, via a first network located at a premises, between the interface device and a security system located at the premises;
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- a module connector in communication with the one or more processors, wherein the module connector is configured as a physical connection interface for the interface device;
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- a module comprising computer readable instructions and configured to removably and physically couple with the module connector, wherein the module, when coupled to the module connector and based on the computer readable instructions, configures the interface device to establish a second network, located at the premises, different from the first network, and control communication, via at least the second network and using firmware, of data between the security system and a computing device located at the premises, in communication with the second network, and different from the interface device, wherein the module is one of a plurality of modules configured to separately couple with the module connector and each of the plurality of modules enables a different functionality.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, via a first network located at a premises, communication between an interface device and a security system located at the premises;
- determining a connection of a module to the interface device, wherein the module comprises computer readable instructions and is configured to removably and physically couple to the interface device, and wherein connection of the module to the interface device establishes, based on the computer readable instructions, a second network different than the first network and located at the premises, and wherein the module is one of a plurality of modules configured to separately couple with a module connector of the interface device and each of the plurality of modules enables a different functionality;
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- controlling, based on the module configuring the interface device with control functionality, communication, via at least the second network and using firmware, of data between the security system and a computing device located at the premises and different from the interface device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising one or more processors;
- a display in communication with the one or more processors;
- a network interface configured to enable communication, via a first network located at a premises, with a security system located at the premises;
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- a module connector in communication with the one or more processors, wherein the module connector is configured to removably and physically couple with one or more of a plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules comprise a first module that, when coupled to the module connector and based on computer readable instructions stored in the first module, configures the apparatus to establish a second network located at the premises and different from the first network, and control communication, via at least the second network and using firmware, of data between the security system and a computing device, in communication with the second network, located at the premises.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.