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US 11,968,323 B2Granted
Device control based on signature
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorMark Hashimoto
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for identifying a recurring event associated with a premises, and automatically performing actions associated with the recurring event. A computing device may generate a signature for the recurring event to indicate a series of actions associated with the recurring event, may detect occurrence of the recurring event, and may perform one or more of the series of actions indicated by the signature.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and during a time period associated with an entry into a premises by a user, audio data associated with sounds occurring during the entry, wherein the audio data comprises a first series of sound type indicators, and wherein the sound type indicators of the first series indicate types of the sounds occurring during the entry;
- comparing the first series of sound type indicators to a second series of sound type indicators associated with one of a plurality of audio signatures, wherein the sound type indicators of the second series indicate multiple types of sounds, wherein each of the sound type indicators of the second series is associated with one of multiple time intervals during a signature period, and wherein the second series is associated with a sequence of actions performed by the user for each of a plurality of entries into the premises;
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- causing, based on the comparing, a device associated with the premises to perform an action.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a score for one of a plurality of audio signatures, wherein each of the plurality of audio signatures is associated with a behavior pattern of a user, of a plurality of users, entering a premises, and wherein the score for the one of the plurality of audio signatures is determined based on:
- a quantity of sound types indicated by the one of the plurality of audio signatures, and
- a quantity of occurrences of each of the sound types indicated by the one of the plurality of audio signatures;
- determining a score for audio data associated with the premises and indicating sound types, wherein the score for the audio data is determined based on:
- a quantity of common sound types, wherein the common sound types are sound types that are indicated by the audio data and by the one of the plurality of audio signatures,
- an order, indicated by the audio data, of the common sound types, and
- an order, indicated by the one of the plurality of audio signatures, of the common sound types;
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- causing, based on the score for the one of the plurality of audio signatures and the score for the audio data, a device associated with the premises to perform an action.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on first audio data received from a premises, a potential occurrence of an alarm-triggering event;
- determining, based on the potential occurrence of the alarm-triggering event and based on a first sound type associated with the first audio data, to defer triggering an alarm;
- during an alarm deferral period associated with the determining to defer triggering the alarm, receiving second audio data from the premises;
- determining, based on a second sound type associated with the second audio data and indicative of an authorized entry of the premises, and based on comparing the second audio data with an audio signature associated with a sequence of actions performed by a user for each of a plurality of entries into the premises, whether the alarm-triggering event occurred;
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- controlling, based on determining whether the alarm-triggering event occurred, an alarm system of premises.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.