INTERACTIVE PROPERTY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130290504A1
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Curtis E. Quady
• Original Assignee: Curtis E. Quady
• Inventors: Quady, Curtis E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,683,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/02 with bell or annunciator systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/08 specially adapted for optional reception of entertainment or informative matter
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for interactive property communication. In various embodiments, an interactive property communication system includes two or more property communication nodes (PCNs) each adapted for coupling to an electrical service. PCNs include a radio transceiver for communications with a broker service adapted for controlling communications with one or more PCNs.

Claims

1. An interactive property communication system configured to communicate with a plurality of property communication devices configured for placement and communications at various premises of a plurality of subscribers, comprising:

at least one computer or server including software configured to execute on a network and to control bidirectional communications with at least one or more of the plurality of property communication devices at the variety of premises, the at least one computer or server including;

a communications interface configured to perform bidirectional communications with the at least one or more of the plurality of property communication devices;

a subscriber database including information about the plurality of subscribers;

a secure programming interface to provide limited access to the subscriber data base;

a registered guest database including information about at least one registered guest; and

a content control module adapted to programmably control content of the bidirectional communications with the one or more of the plurality of property communication devices;

wherein the secure programming interface is adapted to receive content control instructions from at least some of the plurality of subscribers in the subscriber database,

wherein the content control module provides individualized content management of the bidirectional communications with each subscriber of the plurality of subscribers based on the content delivery instructions,

wherein the communications interface receives third party content from third parties and the content control module controls the third party content sent to each subscriber of the plurality of subscribers, wherein the communications interface controls communications between property communication devices at one or more premises of the various premises,

wherein the at least one computer or server is configured to;

allow for individualized bidirectional communications with one or more of the plurality of property communication devices at one or more individual premises, and

permit transmission of a communication to one or more of the property communication devices based on whether an initiator of the communication is included in the registered guest database, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of property communication devices is configured to;

receive information related to a location of one of the subscribers on one of the premises, wherein the information is detected by at least one sensor located on the property, and

control at least a portion of a handoff operation of the communication from the at least one property communication device to another of the plurality of property communication devices based on the received information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information about the at least one registered guest includes at least one assigned guest code, and wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to permit transmission of the communication to the one or more of the property communication devices based on the at least one assigned guest code.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the information about the at least one registered guest includes a guest voice recording, and wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to permit transmission of the communication to the one or more of the property communication devices based on the guest voice recording.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of property communication devices is configured to permit transmission of the communication to the one or more of the property communication devices upon receiving, via a microphone configured to receive voice input commands from the at least one registered guest, a voice input command.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to forward the communication to a memory device upon receiving input from one of the plurality of subscribers, wherein the memory device configured to store one or more communications.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to:

detect a change in the location of a subscriber, and

cancel playback of the communication to at least one of the property communication devices based upon a detected change in the location of the subscriber.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the information about the at least one registered guest includes a classification of the at least one registered guest, and wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to assign at least one priority level to the communication to the one or more of the property communication devices based on the classification of the guest.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one computer or server configured to assign at least one priority level is configured to assign a first communication network to a first priority level and a second communication network to a second priority level.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one computer or server configured to assign a first communication network to a first priority level and a second communication network to a second priority level is configured to assign a first cellular network to the first priority level and assign a second cellular network to the second priority level.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the information about the at least one registered guest further includes at least one guest address, and wherein the guest address comprises guest contact information.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one registered guest is a third party vendor, and wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to assign a high priority level to the third party vendor.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the registered guest database further includes a communication limit value associated with one of the registered guests, and

wherein the at least one computer or server is further configured to forward the communication to a memory device when a number of communications associated with one of the registered guests exceeds the communication limit value, wherein the memory device is configured to store one or more communications.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the plurality of property communication devices is further configured to store the communication in a memory device upon receiving a command from one of the subscribers.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer or server further comprises:

a delegate database including information about one or more users authorized to receive communications directed to one of the plurality of subscribers.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein permitting transmission of a communication to one or more of the property communication devices based on whether an initiator of the communication is included in the registered guest database comprises:

permitting transmission of the communication in an audio format.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein permitting transmission of a communication to one or more of the property communication devices based on whether an initiator of the communication is included in the registered guest database comprises:

permitting transmission of the communication in a video format.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein permitting transmission of a communication to one or more of the property communication devices based on whether an initiator of the communication is included in the registered guest database comprises:

permitting transmission of the communication in a text message format.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein permitting transmission of a communication to one or more of the property communication devices based on whether an initiator of the communication is included in the registered guest database comprises:

permitting transmission of the communication in an email format.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computer or server is configured to:

store a schedule that controls the communications of at least one of the plurality of third parties.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the stored schedule comprises one or more days of a week.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the stored schedule comprises one or more hours of a day.