Methods and arrangements for sensors
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a device to be contained in a security system for a building;
wherein the device includes circuitry to receive a signal from a sensor indicating an alarm condition and circuitry to transmit, based on receipt of the signal, a message to a remote device indicative of the alarm condition;
wherein the message is an email or a message suitable for presentation on a cellular telephone device;
wherein the device further comprises command interpretation circuitry to monitor a communication channel for a reply message, the communication channel being an Internet connection or cellular telephone service, to determine a command based upon the reply message, and to communicate with action execution circuitry to execute at least one action based upon the command.
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Abstract
Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a device to be contained in a security system for a building; wherein the device includes circuitry to receive a signal from a sensor indicating an alarm condition and circuitry to transmit, based on receipt of the signal, a message to a remote device indicative of the alarm condition; wherein the message is an email or a message suitable for presentation on a cellular telephone device; wherein the device further comprises command interpretation circuitry to monitor a communication channel for a reply message, the communication channel being an Internet connection or cellular telephone service, to determine a command based upon the reply message, and to communicate with action execution circuitry to execute at least one action based upon the command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a device contained in a security system for a building, a signal from a sensor indicating an alarm condition; transmitting, by the device based on receipt of the signal, a message to a remote device indicative of the alarm condition, wherein the message is an email or a message suitable for presentation on a cellular telephone device; identifying, by the device from a communication channel that is an Internet connection or a cellular telephone service, a reply message; determining, by the device based upon the reply message, a command; and executing, by the device, at least one action based upon the command. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a device contained in a security system for a building to:
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identify a signal from a sensor indicating an alarm condition; transmit, based on identification of the signal, a message to a remote device indicative of the alarm condition, wherein the message is an email or a message suitable for presentation on a cellular telephone device; identify, from a communication channel that is an Internet connection or a cellular telephone service, a reply message; determine, based upon the reply message, a command; and execute at least one action based upon the command. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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