WIFI ACCESS BASED ACTIONS/SCENES EXECUTION IN HOME AUTOMATION SECURITY PANELS

• US 20160301541A1
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: BALRAJ, KamalaKannan, Ferro, Philip J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,097,368 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• 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 2012/2841 Wireless

Abstract

An apparatus including a security system that protects a secure geographic area of a home, a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security system, a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point and matches an identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier and the portable wireless device automatically downloading one or more instructions to the security system through the WiFi access point.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a security system that protects a secure geographic area of a home;

a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security system;

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point and matches an identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier; and

the portable wireless device automatically downloading one or more instructions to the security system through the WiFi access point.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the security system further comprises a home automation system.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the portable wireless device further comprises a smartphone.

4. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a processor of the portable wireless device that requests Internet access through the WiFi access point.

5. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a processor of the portable wireless device that determines the identifier of the WiFi access point via a getActiveNetworkInfo function.

6. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a memory of the portable wireless device that contains the reference identifier.

7. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions further comprise program features executing on a processor associated with the security system that activate one or more lights within the secure geographic area.

8. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions further comprise program features executing on a processor associated with the security system that activate an entertainment center within the secure geographic area.

9. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the one or more instructions further comprise program features executing on a processor associated with that change a temperature setting of a thermostat within a portion of the secure geographic area.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a security and home automation system that controls a secure geographic area of a home;

a WiFi access point within the home coupled to the security and home automation system;

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point and forms an Internet connection through the WiFi access point;

a processor of the portable wireless device that matches an identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier saved in memory; and

the portable wireless device automatically downloading at least one instruction to the security and home automation system through the WiFi access point.

11. The system as in claim 11 wherein the at least one instruction further comprises a user preference.

12. The system as in claim 11 wherein the user preference further comprises a screen display of the security and home automation system.

13. The system as in claim 11 wherein the user preference further comprises a set of lights within a portion of the secure area that are activated by the at least one instruction.

14. The system as in claim 11 wherein the user preference further comprises a home entertainment system that is activated by the at least one instruction.

15. The system as in claim 11 wherein the user preference further comprises an environmental level of the secure area that is changed by the at least one instruction.

16. The system as in claim 15 wherein the environmental level that is changed further comprises a set point of a thermostat that is changed by the at least one instruction.

17. The apparatus as in claim 11 further comprising a processor of the portable wireless device that determines the identifier of the WiFi access point via a getActiveNetworkInfo function.

18. An apparatus comprising:

a security and environmental automation system that controls a secure geographic area;

a WiFi access point within the secure geographic area that is coupled to the security and environmental automation system;

a portable wireless device that detects the WiFi access point and forms an Internet connection through the WiFi access point;

a processor of the portable wireless device that matches an identifier of the WiFi access point with a reference identifier saved in memory; and

the portable wireless device automatically downloading at least one instruction to the security and home automation system through the WiFi access point.

19. The apparatus as in claim 18 where the WiFi access point operates under an EEE 802.11x format.

20. The apparatus as in claim 18 wherein the at least one instruction changes a user preference within the secured area.