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US 12,190,702 B2Granted
Systems and methods for provisioning appliance devices in response to a panic signal
AssigneeOoma, Inc.
InventorsDouglas E. Hart, Tobin E. Farrand, David A. Bryan
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and software for allowing interaction between consumer appliance devices and security systems are provided herein. An exemplary method may include allowing various interactions of a user with a consumer appliance device to generate a signal, such as a panic signal, causing various forms of security systems to escalate the signal to obtain help.
Claims18
A method for provisioning an appliance device comprising:
- receiving a service address, user preferences information, a 911 server address, and another emergency telephone number server address from a user associated with the appliance device, the appliance device comprising a phone;
- generating a validation result for the service address and the another emergency telephone number server address;
- storing the service address, the 911 server address, the another emergency telephone number server address, and the validation result for the service address and the another emergency telephone number server address;
- receiving a panic signal based upon the user dialing 911 on the phone;
- providing, based on the validation result, the service address to an emergency telephone number service provider for provisioning;
- transmitting, based on a provisioning result, the service address to a public safety access point (PSAP) associated with the service address;
- connecting an operator to an announcement server with the PSAP;
- and
- transmitting an emergency announcement upon connecting the operator.
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A system for intelligent control of an appliance device, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a service address, user preferences information, a 911 server address, and another emergency telephone number server address from a user associated with the appliance device, the appliance device comprising a phone;
- generating a validation result for the service address and the another emergency telephone number server address;
- storing the validated service address, the 911 server address, the another emergency telephone number server address, and the validation result for the service address and the another emergency telephone number server address;
- receiving a panic signal based upon the user dialing 911 on the phone;
- providing, based on the validation result, the service address to an emergency telephone number service provider for provisioning;
- transmitting, based on a provisioning result, the service address to a public safety access point (PSAP) associated with the service address;
- connecting an operator to an announcement server with the PSAP;
- and
- transmitting an emergency announcement upon connecting the operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.