Leveraging a femtocell network for premises management or monitoring
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorJoseph Patini
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Abstract
The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can leverage femtocell network infrastructure in order to facilitate premises management or monitoring. In particular, the architecture can leverage the local presence of a home nodeB (HNB) located at a premises associated with a subscriber in order to aggregate, process and/or distribute various state information that can be collected at the premises.
Claims20
A system that leverages femtocell network infrastructure to facilitate premises management or monitoring, comprising:
- a communication component that interfaces to a home nodeB (HNB) device that operates at a premises associated with a management or monitoring service;
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- a sensor management component that receives state information from at least one sensor, wherein the state information relates to a state of the premises detected by the at least one sensor in accordance with the management or monitoring service.
A system that employs a femtocell network to facilitate a premises management or monitoring service, comprising:
- an interface component that is configured to interface to a set of home nodeB (HNB) devices, the interface component receives state information from a specific HNB device included in the set, wherein the state information is obtained by at least one sensor at a premises and relates to a state of the premises associated with a location of the specific HNB device;
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- a master management component that stores the state information to a data store in an account record associated with the specific HNB device or a user thereof;
- and that employs the state information to provide a premises management or monitoring service.
A method for leveraging femtocell network infrastructure for facilitating home/office management or monitoring, comprising:
- interfacing to a home nodeB (HNB) module operating at a home/office associated with a management or monitoring service;
- interfacing to at least one sensor at or proximal to the home/office that identifies characteristics associated with the home/office;
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- receiving state information from the at least one sensor, the state information describing a state of the premises identified by the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.