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.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a potential unauthorized entry associated with a premises;
- in response to the indication of the potential unauthorized entry, initiating sending one or more messages comprising information associated with a simulated wireless network;
- determining, based on one or more responses to the one or more messages, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices in proximity to the premises;
- and
- after storing an association of the potential unauthorized entry and the one or more identifiers, terminating the sending the one or more messages comprising information associated with the simulated wireless network.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive an indication of a potential unauthorized entry associated with a premises;
- in response to the indication of the potential unauthorized entry, initiate sending one or more messages comprising information associated with a simulated wireless network;
- determine, based on one or more responses to the one or more messages, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices in proximity to the premises;
- and
- after storing an association of the potential unauthorized entry and the one or more identifiers, terminate the sending the one or more messages comprising information associated with the simulated wireless network.
A method comprising:
- initiating sending, by a computing device and based on an indication of a potential unauthorized entry associated with a premises, one or more messages comprising information associated with a simulated wireless network;
- determining, from one or more detected wireless communications responsive to the one or more messages, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices;
- and
- after storing an association of the potential unauthorized entry and the one or more identifiers, terminating the sending the one or more messages comprising information associated with the simulated wireless network.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- initiate sending, based on an indication of a potential unauthorized entry associated with a premises, one or more messages comprising information associated with a simulated wireless network;
- determine, from one or more detected wireless communications responsive to the one or more messages, one or more identifiers associated with one or more wireless devices;
- and
- after storing an association of the potential unauthorized entry and the one or more identifiers, terminate the sending the one or more messages comprising information associated with the simulated wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.