PORTABLE SECURITY DEVICE THAT COMMUNICATES WITH HOME SECURITY SYSTEM MONITORING SERVICE

• US 20170076584A1
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Eskildsen, Kenneth, Okeefe, Mark, Piel, Kevin G.
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,511 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/552 involving long-term monitoring or reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A security system may include a home security system that is connected to a remote monitoring service as well as a portable security device that can travel with an individual when they are away from home. The portable security device may communicate with the same monitoring service as the home security system, and may in fact be linked to the same user account as that used for their home security system. The home security system may thus be extended to cover a remote location. In some cases, occupants of an individual'"'"'s home may be notified via the home security system of alert conditions detected by the portable security device at the remote location. Likewise, occupants of the remote location may be notified via the portable security device of alert conditions detected in the home by the home security system.

Claims

1. A portable security device configured to be used in a space that is remote from a home that is outfitted with a home security system, wherein the home security system is linked to a user account of a security system monitoring service, the portable security device comprising:

a portable housing;

a sensor secured relative to the portable housing, the sensor configured to detect one or more predetermined conditions in the remote space;

a local alert device secured relative to the housing;

a memory for storing account information suitable for linking the portable security device to the same user account of the security system monitoring service in which the home security system of the home is linked;

a communications module secured relative to the housing; and

a controller secured relative to the housing, the controller operatively coupled to the sensor, the local alert device, the memory, and the communications module, the controller configured to provide a localized alert via the local alert device when the sensor detects one or more of the predetermined conditions in the remote space, the controller further configured to use the account information stored in the memory and the communication module to communicate with and notify the security system monitoring service when one or more of the predetermined conditions is detected by the sensor so as to extend the user account linked to the home security system to include the remote space.

2. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises one or more of a smoke detector and a CO detector.

3. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises one or more of a motion sensor, a proximity sensor, an image capture device, and a video capture device.

4. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a glass break sensor.

5. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the local alert device comprises an audible alarm generator.

6. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the local alert device comprises a visual alarm generator.

7. The portable security device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause a message to be sent to a mobile device of a user when one or more of the predetermined conditions is detected by the sensor.

8. The portable security device of claim 1, further comprising a panic button that is operably coupled to the controller and the communications module such that pressing the panic button causes the communications module to send a panic message to local police authorities and/or to the security system monitoring service.

9. A security system monitoring server, comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including information about a corresponding customer as well as a link to a security system that protects a building associated with the user account, at least one of the user accounts that include a link to a security system also includes a link to a portable security device, wherein the portable security device is configured to be hand carried by a user to a space that is remote from the building associated with the user account, and wherein a physical location of the portable security device is reported to and stored in the user account;

a controller operatively coupled to the memory, the controller configured to receive alert conditions from the security systems and the portable security devices that are linked to the plurality of user accounts, and for each alert condition received from the security systems, the controller outputting an indication of the alert condition along with at least some of the information associated with the corresponding user account, and for each alert condition received from the portable security devices, the controller outputting an indication of the alert condition along with at least some of the information associated with the corresponding user account.

10. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the indication of the alert condition received from the security system comprises a display object for viewing on a display.

11. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the indication of the alert condition received from the portable security device comprises a display object for viewing on a display.

12. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the indication of the alert condition received from the security system comprises a physical address of the building protected by the security system.

13. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the indication of the alert condition received from the portable security device comprises the physical location of the portable security device.

14. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the link to a security system comprises a unique security code.

15. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the link to a security system comprises a network address.

16. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the link to a portable security device comprises a unique security code.

17. The security system monitoring server of claim 9, wherein the link to a portable security device comprises a network address.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the executable program instructs a portable security device having one or more sensors that can sense one or more predetermined conditions around the portable security device and a controller coupled to the one or more sensors to perform the following:

activate the one or more sensors;

monitor for one or more predetermined conditions around the portable security device via the one or more activated sensors; and

if one or more of the predetermined conditions around the portable security device are detected, send an alert message to a security system monitoring service, the alert message referencing a user account of the security system monitoring service that is also used in conjunction with a home security system of a home that is located remote from the portable security device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the alert message comprises a location identifier that identifies a location of the portable security device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the alert message comprises one or more of an intrusion alarm, a temperature alarm, a humidity alarm, an air quality alarm, and a fire alarm.