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US 8,554,214 B2Granted
System and method for managing events associated with the detection of wireless devices
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsJeffrey M. Sweeney, Kelsyn D. S. Rooks, Shekhar Gupta, Kendra Dwyer, Mark Wilmoth
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for managing events associated with the detection of wireless devices. The disclosed embodiments utilize a residential wireless access point for detecting the signal transmitted by a wireless device. A user configures a wireless device detection program to perform specified events in response to the detection and/or absence of a wireless device. The disclosed embodiments may provide home automation functions, home security functions, and/or provide child monitoring features.
Claims17
A method for performing a user-specified event comprising:
- storing a data table for managing events associated with a wireless detection program that performs user-specified events in response to detection and absence of one or more wireless devices using a residential wireless access point;
- receiving a user-specified detection event associated with detection of a first wireless device;
- storing the user-specified detection event associated with detection of the first wireless device in the data table;
- receiving data from a residential wireless access point;
- determining from the data, using a processor, whether the first wireless device is detected;
- and
- responsive to a determination that the first wireless device is detected, performing the user-specified detection event associated with the first wireless device;
- determining whether the first wireless device has departed from the signal range of the residential wireless access point by monitoring the strength of a signal associated with the first wireless device;
- wherein if the monitored signal strength gradually decreases, it is determined that the first wireless device has departed from the signal range of the residential access point;
- wherein if the monitored signal strength is constant for a period of time and abruptly ends, it is determined that the first wireless device has not departed from the signal range of the residential wireless access point;
- receiving a user-specified departure event associated with identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point;
- storing the user-specified departure event associated with identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point in the data table;
- performing the user-specified departure event in response to identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point;
- receiving a user-specified unknown event associated with detecting the presence of an unknown wireless device;
- storing the user-specified unknown event associated with detecting the presence of the unknown wireless device in the data table;
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- performing the user-specified unknown event in response to detecting the presence of the unknown wireless device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a data bus system;
- memory coupled to the data bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code;
- a network communication device coupled to the data bus for receiving data from a residential wireless access point over a network connection;
- a processing unit coupled to the data bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to:
- store a data table for managing events associated with a wireless detection program that performs user-specified events in response to detection and departure of one or more wireless devices using a residential wireless access point;
- receive a user-specified detection event associated with detection of a first wireless device;
- store the user-specified detection event associated with detection of the first wireless device in the data table;
- receive data from a residential wireless access point;
- determine from the data whether the first wireless device is detected;
- responsive to a determination that the first wireless device is detected performing the user-specified detected event associated with the first wireless device;
- determine whether the first wireless device has departed from the signal range of the residential wireless access point by monitoring the strength of a signal associated with the first wireless device;
- wherein if the monitored signal strength gradually decreases, it is determined that the first wireless device has departed from the signal range of the residential access point:
- wherein if the monitored signal strength is constant for a period of time and abruptly ends, it is determined that the first wireless device has not departed from the signal range of the residential wireless access point;
- receive a user-specified departure event associated with identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point;
- store the user-specified departure event associated with identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point in the data table;
- perform the user-specified departure event in response to identifying the departure of the first wireless device from the signal range of the residential access point;
- receive a user-specified unknown event associated with detecting the presence of an unknown wireless device;
- store the user-specified unknown event associated with detecting the presence of the unknown wireless device in the data table;
- perform the user-specified unknown event in response to detecting the presence of the unknown wireless device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.