Securing property

• US 9,646,488 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Poder, Jim, Cook, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEPARD, JUSTIN E
• Application Number:
  US14/584,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20150187205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0236 Threshold setting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0238 adding new units to 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: G08B 29/20 Calibration, including self-calibrating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/24 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of server load, available bandwidth, upstream requests monitoring of server performance or load G06F11/34; arrangements for observation, testing or troubleshooting for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25 Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41 Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/442 Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44213 Monitoring of end-user related data arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45 : Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 : involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/466 : Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies services using the results of monitoring in broadcast systems H04H60/61
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4661 : Deriving a combined profile for a plurality of end-users of the same client, e.g. for family members within a home user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4662 : characterized by learning algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 : Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for securing property are presented. Video content viewed by a user may be detected, and the user may be automatically prompted to change settings on a security system based on the detecting. A comparison of the current time with the duration of the video content may serve as the basis for such prompting. Additionally, a premise security system may be placed in a learning mode. Changes in position of a security sensor may be detected and used to set a permitted range of motion for the sensor. Further, a plurality of security sensor profiles may be stored, and each profile may identify a different predefined permitted range of motion of a sensor. The addition of a new sensor to a premise may be detected, and a user may be prompted, on a display, to identify a profile to be used for the new sensor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing, by a computing device, display of video content to a user;

determining, by the computing device and based on viewing information associated with the user, that the user is expected to view the video content at a future time associated with a future security level, of a security system, different from a current security level of the security system; and

in response to the determining, causing display of a notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before an end time of the video content.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the video content is a video program, and

wherein the future time is an end time of the video program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion for a security sensor of the security system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first alarm if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second alarm if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the video content has been displayed for a particular time period,

wherein the determining that the user will continue to view is performed in response to determining that the video content has been displayed for the particular time period.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the video content has been displayed for a particular time period, causing display of a prompt to adjust lighting conditions.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing a current volume level of the video content with a predetermined threshold volume level; and

in response to determining that the current volume level of the video content is greater than the predetermined threshold volume level, causing display of a prompt to lower the current volume level.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that the video content is associated with fear-invoking content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification comprises an option to adjust the current security level of the security system.

10. A method comprising:

causing, by a computing device, display of a video program;

determining, by the computing device, a current security level of a security system;

determining, by the computing device, that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to a future security level before an end time of the video program; and

in response to the determining that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before the end time of the video program, causing display of a notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the current security level to the future security level before the end time of the video program.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining, based on viewing habits of a user, that the user will continue to view the video program.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that the video program has been displayed for at least a particular time period.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion for a security sensor of the security system.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the current security level and the future security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion detected by a security sensor of the security system.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.

16. A method comprising:

causing, by a computing device, display of a video program;

determining, by the computing device, that a current time is within a first time period associated with a first security level of a security system and that an end time of the video program is within a second time period associated with a second security level, of the security system, different from the first security level; and

in response to the determining, causing display of a notification of the second security level, the notification indicating that the security system is scheduled to change from the first security level to the second security level during the video program.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the notification indicates that the security system has been adjusted from the first security level to the second security level.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the causing display of the notification is further in response to determining that a user will continue to view the video program based on viewing habits of the user.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first security level and the second security level are associated with different permitted ranges of motion detected by a security sensor of the security system.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the security system is configured to trigger a first type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that an object has moved beyond a first permitted range of motion, and wherein the security system is configured to trigger a second type of alarm condition if the security sensor senses that the object has moved beyond a second permitted range of motion greater than the first permitted range of motion.