Intelligent security hub for providing smart alerts

• US 10,061,273 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Nandanavanam, Venkata Naga Vamsi, Chui, Kenny
• Primary Examiner(s): NWUGO, OJIAKO K
• Application Number:
  US15/346,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20170309157A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 340517
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 19/223 with rotary disc, rotary bezel, or rotary dial
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 3/001 Electromechanical switches for setting or display in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a security hub provides smart security notifications based on determined urgency levels. The hub comprises a communications interface and a computer processor operatively connected to the communications interface. The communications interface is configured to receive detection information from a plurality of sensors. The computer processor is configured to analyze the detection information, compare the detection information with past detection information, determine an urgency level on the basis of the analysis and comparison, and perform an action corresponding to the determined urgency level.

Claims

1. A security hub providing smart security notifications based on determined urgency levels, the hub comprising:

a communications interface configured to receive detection information from a plurality of sensors; and

a computer processor operatively connected to the communications interface and configured to;

analyze the detection information,

compare the detection information against past detection information,

determine an urgency level on the basis of the analysis and comparison, and

perform an action corresponding to the determined urgency level.

2. The security hub of claim 1, wherein to analyze the received detection information includes calculating a probability of occurrence of an event type on the basis of the detection information.

3. The security hub of claim 1, wherein the determined urgency level is among a low level, a moderate level, and a high level in that order of urgency.

4. The security hub of claim 3, wherein:

the determined urgency level is the low level or the moderate level, and

the action corresponding to the determined urgency level is to send a notification to a user device, the notification including information pertaining to the event type and a request for user feedback.

5. The security hub of claim 4, wherein the communications interface is configured to receive user feedback from the user device, and

the computer processor is configured to update the past detection information according to the user feedback and the detection information.

6. The security hub of claim 5, wherein the computer processor is configured to raise the determined urgency level to the high level in response to the user feedback indicating a security threat.

7. The security hub of claim 6, wherein the computer processor is configured to maintain the determined urgency level at its current level in response to the user feedback indicating no security threat.

8. The security hub of claim 1, wherein to compare the detection information against past detection information includes comparing at least one of a location and a temperature associated with the detection information.

9. The security hub of claim 2, wherein calculating a probability of occurrence of an event type on the basis of the detection information includes:

assigning weight values to detection information received from the one or more sensors, and

applying the weight values to calculate the probability of occurrence of the event type.

10. The security hub of claim 9, wherein the communications interface is configured to receive and analyze current event information from an external source.

11. The security hub of claim 10, wherein the computer processor is configured to assign the weight values on the basis of the received current event information.

12. The security hub of claim 10, wherein the computer processor is configured to determine the urgency level on the basis of the received current event information.

13. The security hub of claim 10, wherein the computer processor is configured to determine the current location of the security hub.

14. The security hub of claim 13, wherein the current event information includes alerts of recent criminal events in a localized geographical area encompassing the current location of the security hub.

15. The security hub of claim 13, wherein the communications interface is configured to communicate with other security hubs within a localized geographical area encompassing the current location of the security hub, and an external source is another security hub.

16. The security hub of claim 10, wherein the external source is an Internet news source.

17. The security hub of claim 3, wherein the computer processor is configured to determine the urgency level to be at the high level in response to detection information including an image of a human face.

18. The security hub of claim 9, wherein the plurality of sensors includes a contact sensor, a security camera, and a microphone.

19. The security hub of claim 18, wherein the computer processor is configured to determine the urgency level to be at the moderate level in response to receiving detection information from the security camera or the microphone but not from the contact sensor.

20. The security hub of claim 1, wherein to analyze the received detection information includes determining whether the detection information follows a desired sequence of detection from the plurality of sensors.

21. The security hub of claim 9, wherein the computer processor determines the weight values based on comparing probabilities of occurrence of past events detected by the sensors at different locations.