WiFi access based actions/scenes execution in home automation security panels

• US 10,097,368 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Balraj, KamalaKannan, Ferro, Philip J.
• Primary Examiner(s): WONG, XAVIER S
• Application Number:
  US14/682,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20160301541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless

Abstract

An apparatus including a security system that protects a secure geographic area of a home, a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security system, a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point and matches an identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier and the portable wireless device automatically downloading one or more instructions to the security system through the WiFi access point.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a security system that protects a secure geographic area of a home;

a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security system; and

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point as the portable wireless device enters the secure geographic area, receives a first identifier of the WiFi access point from the WiFi access point, activates a getActiveNetworkInfo function to detect the first identifier of the WiFi access point, and matches the first identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier stored in a memory of the portable wireless device,

wherein the portable wireless device automatically transmits one or more instructions to the security system through the WiFi access point when the portable wireless device matches the first identifier with the reference identifier,

wherein, responsive to receiving the one or more instructions, the security system transmits a list of previous arm/disarm commands for the security system to the portable wireless device,

wherein the list of the previous arm/disarm commands includes a respective user identifier associated with each of the previous arm/disarm commands, and

wherein the portable wireless device displays the list of the previous arm/disarm commands.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the security system includes a home automation system.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the portable wireless device includes a smartphone.

4. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein a processor of the portable wireless device requests Internet access through the WiFi access point.

5. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions activate one or more lights within the secure geographic area.

6. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions activate an entertainment center within the secure geographic area.

7. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions change a temperature setting of a thermostat within a portion of the secure geographic area.

8. A system comprising:

a security and home automation system that controls a secure geographic area of a home;

a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security and home automation system;

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point, forms an Internet connection through the WiFi access point as the portable wireless device enters the secure geographic area, and receives a first identifier of the WiFi access point from the WiFi access point; and

a processor of the portable wireless device that activates a getActiveNetworkInfo function to detect the first identifier of the WiFi access point and matches the first identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier saved in a memory of the portable wireless device,

wherein the portable wireless device automatically transmits at least one instruction to the security and home automation system through the WiFi access point when the portable wireless device matches the first identifier with the reference identifier,

wherein, responsive to receiving the at least one instruction, the security and home automation system transmits a list of previous arm/disarm commands for the security and home automation system to the portable wireless device,

wherein the list of the previous arm/disarm commands includes a respective user identifier associated with each of the previous arm/disarm commands, and

wherein the portable wireless device displays the list of the previous arm/disarm commands.

9. The system as in claim 8 wherein the at least one instruction includes a reference to a user preference file that controls a specific feature of the security and home automation system when the user preference file is executed by the security and home automation system.

10. The system as in claim 9 wherein the specific feature includes activating a set of lights within a portion of the secure geographic area.

11. The system as in claim 9 wherein the specific feature includes activating a home entertainment system.

12. The system as in claim 9 wherein the specific feature includes setting an environmental level of the secure geographic area.

13. The system as in claim 12 wherein the environmental level is a set point of a thermostat.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a security and environmental automation system that controls a secure geographic area;

a WiFi access point within the secure geographic area that is coupled to the security and environmental automation system;

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point, forms an Internet connection through the WiFi access point as the portable wireless device enters the secure geographic area, and receives a first identifier of the WiFi access point from the WiFi access point; and

a processor of the portable wireless device that activates a getActiveNetworkInfo function to detect the first identifier of the WiFi access point and matches the first identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier saved in a memory of the portable wireless device,

wherein the portable wireless device automatically transmits at least one instruction to the security and environmental automation system through the WiFi access point when the portable wireless device enters the secure geographic area,

wherein, responsive to receiving the at least one instruction, the security and environmental automation system transmits a list of previous arm/disarm commands for the security and environmental automation system to the portable wireless device,

wherein the list of the previous arm/disarm commands includes a respective user identifier associated with each of the previous arm/disarm commands, and

wherein the portable wireless device displays the list of the previous arm/disarm commands.

15. The apparatus as in claim 14 where the WiFi access point operates under an IEEE 802.11x format.

16. The apparatus as in claim 14 wherein the at least one instruction changes a setting of the security and environmental automation system.