# US 2019/0318250 A1 · Home Wireless Discovery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318250 A1 - Document ID: US20190318250A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/389,695 - Filed: 2019-04-19 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-09 - Assignees: Resolution Products, LLC - Applicants: Resolution Products, LLC - Inventors: Brian K. Seemann; David J. Mayne; Paul G. Saldin; Daniel Mondor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318250A1 ## CPC - G06N 5/022: Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition - G06N 5/04: Inference or reasoning models - H04L 12/2823: {Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00)} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract In one implementation, a method for detecting a configuration of wireless sensors within a vicinity includes a method of assessing wireless sensors in the vicinity of an application computing system. The application computing system is operated in a listen mode to receive and record wireless transmissions produced by one or more wireless sensors producing wireless transmissions in the vicinity of the application computing system. The recorded wireless transmissions are evaluated using a rule set that embodies normal operating characteristics of various types of wireless sensors in an operating environment to generate a conclusion regarding at least one attribute of at least one wireless sensor that produced the recorded wireless transmissions. The generated conclusion can be used so that the at least one wireless sensor is utilized in the application computing system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of assessing wireless sensors in the vicinity of an application computing system, the method comprising: operating the application computing system in a listen mode to receive and record wireless transmissions produced by one or more wireless sensors producing wireless transmissions in the vicinity of the application computing system; and evaluating the recorded wireless transmissions using a rule set that embodies normal operating characteristics of various types of wireless sensors in an operating environment to generate a conclusion regarding at least one attribute of at least one wireless sensor that produced the recorded wireless transmissions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the generated conclusion is used in a process to enroll the at least one wireless sensor into the application computing system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the generated conclusion is a probable assessment of a type of sensor for one of the at least one wireless sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the assessment of the at least one wireless sensor in the application computing system includes presenting to a user information related to the probable assessment regarding at least one of the: type of sensor, sensor function, sensor use case, or other attribute for the at least one wireless sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 wherein the assessment of the at least one wireless sensor in the application computing system further includes receiving information from a user in response to presenting information to the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving preliminary information regarding wireless sensors in the vicinity of the application computing system, the preliminary information including less information than is required to fully utilize the wireless sensors in the application computing system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein the received preliminary information is input provided by a user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the received preliminary information is input from an information source. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the conclusion is provisional, and the conclusion is changed or further refined using further information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the further information is derived from further assessments. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the sensor is utilized in the application computing system while the system is operating in a normal mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising using the generated conclusion to utilize the at least one wireless sensor in the application computing system. ### Claim 13 A method of programming an application computing system, the method comprising: operating the application computing system in a listen mode to receive and record wireless transmissions produced by one or more wireless sensors producing wireless transmissions in the vicinity of the application computing system; evaluating the recorded wireless transmissions using a rule set that embodies normal operating characteristics of various types of wireless sensors in an operating environment to generate a conclusion regarding a probably preferred attribute or behavior of the application computing system; and using the generated conclusion to program responses of the application computing system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the conclusion is provisional, and the conclusion is changed or further refined using further information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the further information is derived from further assessments. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the sensor is utilized in the application computing system while the system is operating in a normal mode.