Monitoring and reporting household activities in the smart home according to a household policy
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAnthony M. Fadell, Yoky Matsuoka, David Sloo, Maxime Veron
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Abstract
Embodiments provided herein relate to monitoring and reporting household activities. In one embodiment, a method includes: monitoring, via a smart device, one or more activities associated with: a household; analyzing, via the smart device, a processor, or both, at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household; and reporting, via the device, the discerned information.
Claims30
A method for household policy implementation in a smart home environment, comprising:
- monitoring, via a device disposed in a household environment, one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof;
- analyzing, via the device, a processor, or both, at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- and
- reporting, via the device, the discerned information.
A system, comprising:
- a device disposed in a household environment, configured to monitor one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- analyze at least one characteristic of the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- and
- report the discerned information.
A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions to:
- receive, via a processor, data related to one or more activities associated with:
- a household, an individual within the household, a situation within the household, day-to-day activities within the household, or a combination thereof, monitored by a device disposed in a household environment;
- analyze, via the processor, at least one characteristic of the data related to the one or more activities to discern information about the household, the individual, the situation, the typical activities, or a combination thereof;
- and
- report, via the processor, the discerned information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.