Security system with traffic monitoring
AssigneeVivint, Inc.
InventorsJames E. Nye, Jeremy B. Warren
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to approaches for providing real time traffic information to a user using a control panel of a building automation system. The control panel includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory that are executable by the processor to couple the control panel to at least one of a sensor and a controller of the building automation system, receive traffic data for a geographic area associated with the control panel, and generate at least one audible notification to communicate the traffic data to a user through the control panel.
Claims20
A control panel for a building automation system, the control panel comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
- couple the control panel to at least one of a sensor and a controller of the building automation system;
- receive traffic data for a geographic area associated with the control panel;
- and
- generate at least one audible notification to communicate the traffic data to a user through the control panel.
A computer-program product for communicating traffic data, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:
- receive traffic data of interest to a user of a control unit for a home automation system;
- automatically communicate the traffic data to the user through the control panel during at least one predefined time period.
A computer-implemented method for communicating traffic data to a user, comprising:
- receiving traffic data for a geographic area associated with a control unit for a home automation system;
- receiving a destination from a user of the home automation system;
- displaying traffic conditions along at least one route from a location of the control unit to the destination on a display of the control unit;
- and
- estimating a travel time for each of the at least one routes and communicating information about the at least one route having a shortest travel time as a suggested route for the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.