SMART HOME DEVICE ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING CLOUD DATA

• US 20160182247A1
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smartlabs
• Original Assignee: Smartlabs
• Inventors: Cregg, Daniel Brian
• Application Number:
  US14/577,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182247A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/54 Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002

Abstract

A cloud server associated with a plurality of home-control network, downloads sensor data, Internet data, and data from network devices outside the user'"'"'s home-control network, and analyzes the data to control network devices within the user'"'"'s home-control network.

Claims

1. A method to automatically control network devices on a user'"'"'s home-control network, the method comprising:

electronically receiving at a server network data from a plurality of home-control networks, each home-control network comprising a network controller and at least one network device and configured to propagate messages, the messages comprising commands to control a behavior of the at least one network device;

electronically receiving at the server cloud data over a global network from one or more third party sources; and

automatically controlling with the server the at least one network device on a user'"'"'s home-control network based at least in part on the network data from the plurality of home-control networks and the cloud data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising aggregating with the server the network data received from the plurality of home-control networks.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the network data is aggregated based at least in part on a geographic area associated with a location of the user'"'"'s home-control network.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the geographic area comprises one of a state, a county, a city, and a neighborhood.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising analyzing with the server the aggregated network data and the cloud data.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising sending with the server a message over the global network to the network controller associated with the user'"'"'s home-control network, the message based at least in part on the analysis and comprising a command configured to control the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the network controller associated with the user'"'"'s home-control network sends the message to the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network using at least one of the powerline signaling and the RF signaling.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the messages are propagated using powerline signaling and radio frequency (RF) signaling, wherein the powerline signaling comprises message data modulated onto a carrier signal and the modulated carrier signal is added to a powerline waveform, and wherein the RF signaling comprises the message data modulated onto an RF waveform.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud data comprises one or more of weather data, traffic data, geo-fencing data, social media content, solar calendar data, and celestial calendar data.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network comprises one or more of a door controller, a window blind controller, a water valve controller, an alarm, a thermostat, a lighting device, and a ceiling fan.

11. A system to automatically control network devices on a user'"'"'s home-control network, the system comprising:

a cloud server configured to receive network data from a plurality of home-control networks, each home-control network comprising a network controller and at least one network device and configured to propagate messages, the messages comprising commands to control a behavior of the at least one network device;

the cloud server further configured to electronically access cloud data over a global network from one or more third party sources; and

the cloud server further configured to automatically control the at least one network device on a user'"'"'s home-control network based at least in part on the network data from the plurality of home-control networks and the cloud data.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the cloud server is further configured to aggregate the network data received from the plurality of home-control networks.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the network data is aggregated based at least in part on a geographic area associated with a location of the user'"'"'s home-control network.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the geographic area comprises one of a state, a county, a city, and a neighborhood.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the cloud server is further configured to analyze the aggregated network data and the cloud data.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the cloud server is further configured to send a message over the global network to a network controller associated with the user'"'"'s home-control network, the message based at least in part on the analysis and comprising a command configured to control the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the network controller associated with the user'"'"'s home-control network is configured to send the message to the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network using at least one of the powerline signaling and the RF signaling.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the messages are propagated using powerline signaling and radio frequency (RF) signaling, wherein the powerline signaling comprises message data modulated onto a carrier signal and the modulated carrier signal is added to a powerline waveform, and wherein the RF signaling comprises the message data modulated onto an RF waveform.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the cloud data comprises one or more of weather data, traffic data, geo-fencing data, social media content, solar calendar data, and celestial calendar data.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the at least one network device on the user'"'"'s home-control network comprises one or more of a door controller, a window blind controller, a water valve controller, an alarm, a thermostat, a lighting device, and a ceiling fan.