Secure remote actuation system with sub-1 GHz communication

• US 9,667,768 B1
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hall Labs, LLC
• Original Assignee: Craig Boswell, David R. Hall, Mark Hall
• Inventors: Hall, David R., Hall, Mark, Boswell, Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): Neyzari, Ali
• Application Number:
  US15/416,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 124 Days
• Field of Search: 340 522
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/12 Power saving techniques of remote control or controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• 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 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 : for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 : with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 : Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 : Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 : Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/046 : involving vehicles, e.g. floating traffic data [FTD] or vehicle traffic prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 : for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0212 : managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 : Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A secure remote actuation system that communicates at sub-1 GHz frequencies is described herein. The system may comprise a remote input receptor and a network. The remote input receptor may comprise a user interface for receiving user inputs from a user and a communication device that communicates at sub-1 GHz frequencies. The network may comprise a combination of computer systems interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables allowing information to be exchanged. The network may also comprise a network device for obtaining the user inputs from the remote input receptor. One or more acceptable inputs may be stored on the network. In the present invention, the network device obtains the user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface and then the network compares the user inputs to the acceptable inputs.

Claims

1. A secure remote actuation system, comprising:

a remote input receptor comprising a user interface for receiving one or more user inputs from a user and a communication device that communicates at sub-1 GHz frequencies;

a cloud-based network storing one or more acceptable inputs and comprising a network device for obtaining said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor;

wherein the network device obtains said one or more user inputs from the remote input receptor while the user is using the user interface; and

wherein the cloud-based network compares said one or more user inputs to said one or more acceptable inputs.

2. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the network device comprises a second communication device that communications at sub-1 GHz frequencies.

3. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor further comprises a 2.4 GHz-frequency communication device.

4. The secure remote actuation system of claim 3, wherein the network device comprises a second 2.4 GHz-frequency communication device.

5. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor further comprises a 5.8 GHz-frequency communication device.

6. The secure remote actuation system of claim 5, wherein the network device comprises a second 5.8 GHz-frequency communication device.

7. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor communicates using ZigBee.

8. The secure remote actuation system of claim 7, wherein the network device communicates using ZigBee.

9. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor communicates using Z-Wave.

10. The secure remote actuation system of claim 9, wherein the network device communicates using Z-Wave.

11. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor communicates using Bluetooth.

12. The secure remote actuation system of claim 11, wherein the network device communicates using Bluetooth.

13. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the remote input receptor communicates using Wi-Fi.

14. The secure remote actuation system of claim 13, wherein the network device communicates using Wi-Fi.

15. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is supported by a printed circuit board disposed in an interior of the remote input receptor.

16. The secure remote actuation system of claim 15, further comprising a memory unit supported by the printed circuit board.

17. The secure remote actuation system of claim 16, wherein the memory unit comprises a microcontroller.

18. The secure remote actuation system of claim 1, wherein the network device comprises a communication device is supported by a printed circuit board disposed in an interior of the network device.

19. The secure remote actuation system of claim 18, further comprising a memory unit supported by the printed circuit board.

20. The secure remote actuation system of claim 19, wherein the memory unit comprises a microcontroller.