Detecting Presence Using a Presence Sensor Network

• US 20140354429A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Henderson, Donnie, Abella, Alicia, Karam, Gerald Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,224,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for detecting presence using a presence sensor network. In some embodiments, a computer executing a presence service generates a user interface for display at a user device. The user interface can include a control that, when selected, generates room data defining a monitored location. The computer can sensor identifier data that identifies a presence sensor located at the monitored location and a location of the presence sensor at the monitored location. The computer can provide the user interface to the user device to obtain the room data and obtain the room data. The computer also can store the room data and the sensor identifier data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a computer executing a presence service, a user interface to a user device to obtain room data, the user interface for display at the user device and comprising a user interface control for inputting room data that defines a monitored location;

obtaining, at the computer, sensor identifier data that identifies a presence sensor at the monitored location, the sensor identifier data comprising a unique identifier associated with the presence sensor data and data defining a location of a presence sensor at the monitored location;

obtaining, by the computer, the room data defining the monitored location from the user device; and

storing, by the computer, the room data defining the monitored location and the sensor identifier data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining trigger data that defines an alarm condition, wherein the computer triggers an alarm if the computer determines that the alarm condition exists at the monitored location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining presence data associated with the monitored location, the presence data comprising a unique identifier; and

generating presence display data based upon the presence data, the room data, and the sensor identifier data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the presence data is obtained via a receiver located at the monitored location, and wherein the receiver obtains the unique identifier from a radio frequency identification tag located at the monitored location.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising generating the presence display data by

analyzing the presence data,

comparing the unique identifier to a list of identifiers included in the sensor identifier data, and

determining that a person is located at a further presence sensor at the monitored location if a further unique identifier associated with the further presence sensor is not included in the presence data.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing the presence display data to the user device, the presence display data comprising a web page.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising sending an alert to the user device, the alert comprising an indication that an alarm condition exists at the monitored location, wherein the alert is pushed to the user device, and wherein the user device comprises a smartphone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining, from the user device, trigger data defining alarm conditions, and preferences defining how alerts are to be delivered to the user device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, at the computer, historical data defining presence at the monitored location, and trend data defining a trend associated with the presence at the monitored location, wherein the presence sensor comprises a radio frequency identification tag.

10. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

providing a user interface to a user device to obtain room data, the user interface comprising a user interface control for inputting room data that defines a monitored location;

obtaining sensor identifier data that identifies a presence sensor at the monitored location, the sensor identifier data comprising a unique identifier associated with the presence sensor data and data defining a location of a presence sensor at the monitored location;

obtaining the room data defining the monitored location from the user device; and

storing the room data defining the monitored location and the sensor identifier data.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a data store in communication with the server computer and a transceiver in communication with the presence sensor.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein storing the room data and the sensor data comprises storing the room data and the sensor data at the data store, and wherein the presence data is obtained by the transceiver, the transceiver comprising a radio frequency emitter and receiver.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the presence sensor comprises a radio frequency identification tag.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the presence sensor comprises a floor tile comprising a substrate, a recess formed in the substrate, and a radio frequency identification tag disposed at the recess.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

obtaining trigger data defining an alarm condition that, if determined to exist at the monitored location, triggers an alarm;

determining that the alarm condition exists; and

sending an alert to the user device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the user device comprises a smart phone, and wherein sending the alert comprises pushing the alert to the smart phone via a cellular network.

17. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing a user interface to a user device to obtain room data, the user interface for display at the user device and comprising a user interface control for inputting room data that defines a monitored location;

obtaining sensor identifier data that identifies a presence sensor at the monitored location, the sensor identifier data comprising a unique identifier associated with the presence sensor data and data defining a location of a presence sensor at the monitored location;

obtaining the room data defining the monitored location;

storing the room data defining the monitored location and the sensor identifier data.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

obtaining presence data associated with the monitored location, the presence data comprising a unique identifier generated by a radio frequency identification tag; and

generating presence display data based upon the presence data, the room data, and the sensor identifier data.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 18, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

obtaining data that defines an alarm condition, wherein the alarm condition triggers an alarm if the alarm condition is determined to exist at the monitored location;

analyzing the presence data; and

sending an alert to the user device, the alert comprising an indication that an alarm condition exists at the monitored location.

20. The computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

generating, at the computer, historical data defining presence at the monitored location, and trend data defining a trend associated with the presence at the monitored location, wherein the presence sensor comprises a radio frequency identification tag.