Method and apparatus for detecting when a mobile device is left in a room

• US 10,446,012 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Mukundala, Sumanth Kumar, Kuenzi, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akhter, Sharmin
• Application Number:
  US16/128,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20190197870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 3405391-53919
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00 Individual registration on entry or exit
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A method of detecting when a mobile device is left in a room is provided. The method comprising: receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room; collecting positional data of a mobile device; determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room; and activating an alarm in response to the location determined.

Claims

1. A method of detecting when a mobile device is left in a room, the

method comprising:

receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room;

collecting positional data of a mobile device;

determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room; and

activating an alarm in response to the location determined;

activating a microphone on the mobile device for a selected time period after the alarm is activated;

receiving an audible command on mobile device within the selected time period; and

transmitting an access request to the access control in response to the audible command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein positional data further comprises:

a location of the mobile device relative to the door when the status of the access control was generated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein positional data further comprises:

a derivative of a location of the mobile device relative to the door within a selected time period of when the status of the access control was generated.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the alarm is activated on at least one of a room management system, the mobile device, and the access controller.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the status of the access control is advertised by the access control using wireless signal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the wireless signal is Bluetooth.

7. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room;

collecting positional data of a mobile device;

determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room;

activating an alarm in response to the location determined;

activating a microphone on the mobile device for a selected time period after the alarm is activated;

receiving an audible command on mobile device within the selected time period; and

transmitting an access request to the access control in response to the audible command.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein positional data further comprises:

a location of the mobile device relative to the door when the status of the access control was generated.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein positional data

further comprises:

a derivative of a location of the mobile device relative to the door within a selected time period of when the status of the access control was generated.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein:

the alarm is activated on at least one of a room management system, the mobile device, and the access controller.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein:

the status of the access control is advertised by the access control using wireless signal.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein:

the wireless signal is Bluetooth.

13. A method of detecting when a mobile device is left in a room, the

method comprising:

receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room;

collecting positional data of a mobile device;

determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room; and

activating an alarm in response to the location determined;

activating a microphone on a room management system for a selected time period after the alarm is activated;

receiving an audible command on the room management system within the selected time period; and

transmitting an access request to the access control in response to the audible command.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein positional data further comprises:

a location of the mobile device relative to the door when the status of the access control was generated.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein positional data further comprises:

a derivative of a location of the mobile device relative to the door within a selected time period of when the status of the access control was generated.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the alarm is activated on at least one of a room management system, the mobile device, and the access controller.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the status of the access control is advertised by the access control using wireless signal.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the wireless signal is Bluetooth.

19. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room;

collecting positional data of a mobile device;

determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room;

activating an alarm in response to the location determined;

activating a microphone on a room management system for a selected time period after the alarm is activated;

receiving an audible command on the room management system within the selected time period; and

transmitting an access request to the access control in response to the audible command.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein positional data further comprises:

a location of the mobile device relative to the door when the status of the access control was generated.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein positional data

further comprises:

a derivative of a location of the mobile device relative to the door within a selected time period of when the status of the access control was generated.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein:

the alarm is activated on at least one of a room management system, the mobile device, and the access controller.

23. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein:

the status of the access control is advertised by the access control using wireless signal.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein:

the wireless signal is Bluetooth.