Control system for providing cloud based commands for controlling operation of a moveable barrier

• US 10,119,320 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2017
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jolly Seven, Series 70 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Menklab, LLC
• Inventors: Menkveld, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US15/584,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20170241183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 340 57, 340 571
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/668 for overhead wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/73 responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/79 using time control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/763 using acoustical sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/62 Comprising means for indicating the status of the lock
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/30 not involving the use of a pass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A control system for providing Cloud based commands to a garage door includes one or more Cloud servers for receiving commands from at least one mobile web enabled user device. A load balancer is used for receiving communication from a server for distributing commands from at least one web enabled device to the Cloud. A server based garage door opener is used for receiving commands and controlling operation of a garage door from the server. The status of the garage door is determined by measuring a distance of the garage door to the garage floor using a distance measuring device such that distance measuring information is communicated to the server for determining the open or closed status of the garage door before movement.

Claims

1. A garage door opening system comprising:

a first server connected to the Internet for receiving commands in a first mode from a portable communications device and converting the commands to a second mode;

a second server for receiving commands from the first server where a garage door command device is located at a separate location, and on a separate network than the first and second server, such that the garage door command device includes a WiFi transceiver collocated with a garage door for receiving the commands in the second mode from the second server; and

wherein the portable communications device provides open or close commands to the first server for relaying through the second server to the garage door command device based upon the portable communications device crossing a physical threshold as detected through the portable communications device'"'"'s global position system (GPS) such that the first server or the second server determines if movement of the garage door needs to take place and relays any needed actions to the command device for operation of the garage door in the second mode and further wherein the second server will automatically close the garage door after a predetermined amount of time if the second server determines the garage door is open based upon user defined thresholds as measured by the command device.

2. A garage door opening system as in claim 1, wherein the status of the garage door is open, closed, or unknown;

as calculated by the server and based on a measured report from the garage door command device compared with user defined thresholds.

3. A garage door system as in claim 1, wherein the portable communications device is a smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC or any other Internet enabled device.

4. A garage door system as in claim 1, wherein the portable communications device provides the status of the garage door to the user.

5. A garage door system as in claim 1, wherein the portable communications device allows the user to activate the movable barrier.

6. A garage door opening system comprising:

a first server connected to the Internet for receiving commands in a first mode from a portable communications device and converting the commands to a second mode;

a second server for receiving commands from the first server where a garage door command device is located at a separate location, and on a separate network than the first and second server, such that the garage door command device includes a WiFi transceiver collocated with a garage door for receiving the commands in the second mode from the second server;

a distance measuring sensor using SONAR connected to the garage door command device for measuring the distance between the sensor and the garage door or the sensor and the garage floor; and

wherein the measured distance is communicated back to the at least one server; and

wherein the second server will automatically close the garage door after a predetermined amount of time if the second server determines the garage door is open based upon user defined distance thresholds as measured by the sonar device.

7. A garage door opening system as in claim 6, wherein the status of the garage door is open, closed, or unknown;

as calculated by the server and based on a measured distance report from the garage door command device compared with user defined thresholds.

8. A garage door system as in claim 6, wherein the portable communications device is a smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC or any other Internet enabled device.

9. A garage door system as in claim 6, wherein the portable communications device provides the status of the garage door to the user.

10. A garage door system as in claim 6, wherein the portable communications device allows the user to activate the movable barrier.

11. A garage door opening system comprising:

a first server connected to the Internet for receiving commands in a first mode from a portable communications device and converting the commands to a second mode after the user is authenticated;

a second server for receiving commands from the first server where a garage door command device is located at a separate location, and on a separate network than the first and second server, such that the garage door command device includes a WiFi transceiver collocated with a garage door for receiving the commands in the second mode from the second server; and

wherein the second server will automatically close the garage door after a predetermined amount of time if the second server determines the garage door is open based upon user defined thresholds as measured by the command device.

12. A garage door opening system as in claim 11, wherein the status of the garage door is open, closed, or unknown;

as calculated by the server and based on a measured report from the garage door command device compared with user defined thresholds.

13. A garage door system as in claim 11, wherein the portable communications device is a smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC or any other Internet enabled device.

14. A garage door system as in claim 11, wherein the portable communications device provides the status of the garage door to the user.

15. A garage door system as in claim 11, wherein the portable communications device allows the user to activate the movable barrier.