Location monitoring via a gateway

• US 10,120,105 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: La Crosse Technology IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: La Crosse Technology IP Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Haupt, Rolf, McCormick, Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US14/836,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20150364027A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 340521, 34087009, 340 101- 103, 368 21, 702 3
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed G01W1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/14 Rainfall or precipitation gauges measuring volume in general G01F
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A remote location monitoring system, for example, a home monitoring or weather monitoring system may include one or more sensors and/or receivers at a first location such as a residence or business to be monitored. The sensors and receivers may communicate with a remote central server via a gateway device and the detection data received from the sensors and receivers may be displayed via display circuitry coupled to a processor of the gateway device. The sensors, receivers, and gateway device may be controlled by users locally or remotely via the server. Users may register to receive remote notifications of weather events and other home monitoring events. Users may also access remotely sensors and receivers to configure alerts, notifications, and automatic responses for the devices and integrated appliances at the first location.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

receive, from a user device, configuration settings for a detector device located at a first location;

transmit, to a gateway device associated with the first location, the configuration settings;

receive, from the gateway device, detection data corresponding to a detection reading from the detector device;

generate one or more control settings for the detector device baaed on an analysis of the detection data and one or more stored settings for the detector device; and

transmit the one or more control settings to the gateway device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the analysis comprises comparing one or more values of the detection data with one or more threshold values of the stored settings.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection data comprises at least one of temperature data from a temperature sensor, wind data from a wind sensor, humidity data from a humidity sensor, rain data from a rain sensor, motion data from a motion detector, electricity consumption data from a power sensor, and alarm data from an alarm detector.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection data comprises data from an audio detector indicating that sounds from at least one of a smoke detector, fire alarm, or burglar alarm were detected at the first location.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

receive second detection data from a second gateway device;

output, for display on a web page, the detection data and the second detection data.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the configuration settings are received via a user interface generated by the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

compare the detection data to one or more notification parameters, resulting in a comparison; and

generate notification data based on the comparison.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

output the notification data for display to a web page.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

determine the first location using an IP address reverse lookup table;

generate a map displaying the detection data, wherein the detection data is associated with the first location on the map; and

output the map to a web page.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection data is received via a wireless network.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, and from a user device, configuration settings for a detector device located at a first location;

transmitting, by the server and to a gateway device associated with the first location, the configuration settings;

receiving, by the server and from the gateway device, detection data corresponding to a detection reading from the detector device;

generating, by the server and based on an analysis of the detection data and one or more stored settings for the detector device, one or more control settings for the detector device; and

transmitting, by the server and to the gateway device, the one or more control settings.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the detection data corresponds to weather data from a weather detector at the first location, and wherein the server is configured to receive weather data from a plurality of weather detection devices at a plurality of geographically separate remote locations.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the detection data comprises at least one of temperature data from a temperature sensor, wind data from a wind sensor, humidity data from a humidity sensor, rain data from a rain sensor, motion data from a motion detector, electricity consumption data from a power sensor, and alarm data from an alarm detector.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

outputting the detection data to a web page.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the analysis comprises comparing the detection data to the one or more stored settings.

16. A system, comprising:

a detection data processing device; and

one or more detector devices installed at one or more remote locations, wherein the one or more remote locations are remote to the detection data processing device,

wherein the detection data processing device comprises;

one or more processors; and

memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the detection data processing device to;

receive, from a user device, configuration settings for a first detector device of the one or more detector devices, wherein the first detector device is located at a first location of the one or more remote locations;

transmit, to a gateway device associated with the first location, the configuration settings;

receive, from the gateway device, detection data from the first detector device, the detection data corresponding to one or more detection readings of the first detector device;

generate one or more control settings for the first detector device based on an analysis of the detection data and one or more stored settings for the first detector device; and

transmit the one or more control settings to the gateway device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the analysis comprises comparing one or more values of the detection data with one or more threshold values of the stored settings.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more detector devices comprises a plurality of weather detection devices at a plurality of separate remote locations, and wherein the detection data processing device is configured to receive weather data from the plurality of weather detection devices via a wireless network.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more detector devices comprises at least one of:

a temperature sensor configured to transmit temperature data to the detection data processing device;

a wind sensor configured to transmit wind data to the detection data processing device;

a humidity sensor configured to transmit humidity data to the detection data processing device;

a rain sensor configured to transmit rain data to the detection data processing device;

a motion sensor configured to transmit motion data to the detection data processing device;

a power sensor configured to transmit electricity consumption data to the detection data processing device; and

an alarm detector configured to transmit alarm data to the detection data processing device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the memory stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the detection data processing device to:

compare the detection data to one or more notification parameters, resulting in a comparison; and

generate notification data based on the comparison.