Appliance monitoring sensors
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsMatthew Flachsbart, Benjamin D. Ethington, Wayne M. Hartman, Kade L. Scott
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Abstract
Sensor units that includes a power source, a communication interface, and a sensor coupled to the power source and the communication interface. The sensor is calibrated to connect the power source to the communication interface upon an occurrence of a condition in an appliance. The sensor, thereby, permits the communication interface to transmit data indicating the condition to a computing device. Methods, systems, and apparatus, for monitoring such sensor units.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a data store coupled to the at least one processor having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from each of a plurality of sensors, a series of discrete data transmissions, each data transmission including a serial number of one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors are configured to monitor different parameters of an appliance;
- identifying transmission patterns of the series of discrete data transmissions;
- determining, based on the transmission patterns, that a set of the sensors are indicating a possible abnormal operating condition of the appliance;
- determining based on the sensors in the set that the appliance is malfunctioning;
- and
- in response to determining the appliance is malfunctioning, sending an alert to a user device.
A computer-implemented appliance monitoring method executed by at least one processor, the method comprising:
- receiving, from each of a plurality of sensors, a series of discrete data transmissions, each data transmission including a serial number of one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors are configured to monitor different parameters of an appliance;
- identifying transmission patterns of the series of discrete data transmissions;
- determining, based on the transmission patterns, that a set of the sensors are indicating a possible abnormal operating condition of the appliance;
- determining based on the sensors in the set that the appliance is malfunctioning;
- and
- in response to determining the appliance is malfunctioning, sending an alert to a user device.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from each of a plurality of sensors, a series of discrete data transmissions, each data transmission including a serial number of one of the plurality of sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors are configured to monitor different parameters of an appliance;
- identifying transmission patterns of the series of discrete data transmissions;
- determining, based on the transmission patterns, that a set of the sensors are indicating a possible abnormal operating condition of the appliance;
- determining based on the sensors in the set that the appliance is malfunctioning;
- and
- in response to determining the appliance is malfunctioning, sending an alert to a user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.