Home automation systems, methods, and computer-readable media
OwnerChristopher Cicchitelliinventor
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Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a method of monitoring status of a hardware device. The method includes: obtaining status information for one or more hardware devices; and communicating with a push notification service to generate a push notification containing the status information for the one or more hardware devices.
Claims33
A method of monitoring status of a hardware device, the method comprising:
- obtaining status information for one or more hardware devices;
- and
- communicating with a push notification service to generate a push notification containing the status information for the one or more hardware devices.
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A method of detecting a potential emergency within a structure, the method comprising:
- detecting a pre-defined pattern of actuations of a hardware device;
- and
- upon detecting the pre-defined pattern of actuations of the hardware device, reporting a potential emergency to an emergency dispatch center.
A method of detecting a particular person within a room, the method comprising:
- utilizing a skeletal detection algorithm to identify one or more humans;
- capturing one or more images including one or more faces of the one or more humans;
- and
- using a facial recognition algorithm to identify the one or more humans.
A method of detecting an anomalous event, the method comprising:
- monitoring behavior of an individual using one or more sensors;
- logging the behavior;
- deriving a plurality of patterns from the behavior;
- monitoring additional behavior;
- and
- comparing the additional behavior to plurality of patterns derived from the behavior.
A method of reporting an emergency, the method comprising:
- detecting that a user announced an emergency;
- parsing the user's speech to identify additional information about the emergency;
- and
- reporting the emergency to an emergency dispatch center along with one or more selected from the group consisting of:
- additional speech by the user or other humans, a location of the user;
- information regarding recent door openings;
- information regarding motion sensor readings, information regarding occupants of one or more rooms, and a photograph of a room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.