# US 2009/0260766 A1 · Method of securely operating a home automation system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2009/0260766 A1 - Document ID: US20090260766A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/423,331 - Filed: 2009-04-14 - Published: 2009-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-22 - Inventors: Stephane Lapierre - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260766A1 ## CPC - E06B 9/88: for limiting unrolling - E06B 9/68: Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive - E06B 2009/6872: {using counters to determine shutter position} - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## Abstract A method of operating a home automation system comprising a closing screen, blackout or solar protection screen driven by an actuator and intended to block off an opening of a building, the screen comprising an end that moves between an open position corresponding to an open configuration of the screen and a closed position corresponding to a closed configuration of the screen, the actuator being controlled by at least one first command transmitter, wherein, when, in a preliminary step, the first command transmitter is designated as a blocked transmitter, the home automation system switches over to a first operating mode, in which displacements of the moving end controlled from the blocked transmitter are only prohibited when the moving end is in a security zone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a home automation system comprising a closing screen, blackout or solar protection screen driven by an actuator and intended to block off an opening of a building, the screen comprising an end that moves between an open position corresponding to an open configuration of the screen and a closed position corresponding to a closed configuration of the screen, the actuator being controlled by at least one first command transmitter, wherein, when, in a preliminary step, the first command transmitter is designated as a blocked transmitter, the home automation system switches over to a first operating mode, in which displacements of the moving end controlled from the blocked transmitter are only prohibited when the moving end is in a security zone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prohibited displacements are displacements of the moving end to the closed position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prohibited displacements are displacements of the moving end outside the security zone, when the moving end is initially in the security zone. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prohibited displacements are any displacement of the moving end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entry of the system into the first operating mode and/or the exiting of the system from the first operating mode can be controlled by one or more actions on the first command transmitter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entry of the system into the first operating mode and/or the exiting of the system from the first operating mode can be controlled by one or more actions on a second command transmitter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises a screen with stackable slats and wherein, in the first operating mode, the actions of the actuator controlled by the first command transmitter and designed to stack or unstack the slats without displacement of the moving end are authorized. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises a screen with directable slats and wherein, in the first operating mode, the actions of the actuator controlled by the first command transmitter and designed to orient the slats without displacement of the moving end to the closed position are authorized. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The operating method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises a screen with directable slats and wherein, in the first operating mode, the actions of the actuator controlled by the first command transmitter and designed to direct the slats without displacement of the moving end are authorized. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A home automation system comprising a closing screen, blackout or solar protection screen driven by an actuator and intended to block off an opening of a building, the screen comprising an end that moves between an open position corresponding to an open configuration of the screen and a closed position corresponding to a closed configuration of the screen, the actuator being controlled by at least one first command transmitter, which system comprises hardware and/or software means for implementing the operating method as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The operating method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the prohibited displacements are displacements of the moving end outside the security zone, when the moving end is initially in the security zone.