Using hard drive on panels for data storage

• US 9,851,924 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2017
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hwang, Jungtaik, Eyring, Matthew J., Warren, Jeremy B., Nye, James Ellis
• Primary Examiner(s): Rossiter, Sean D
• Application Number:
  US15/425,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20170212688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/00 Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring error detection, correction or monitoring in information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B20/18; monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing G11B27/36; in static stores G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/14 Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation G06F11/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0623 in relation to content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/149 Adaptation of the text data for streaming purposes, e.g. Efficient XML Interchange [EXI] format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for controlling an automation and security system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for data storage in an automation and security system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by a processor to receive data at a first device, store a copy of the data on the first device, fragment the data into a plurality of data fragments, transmit the plurality of data fragments to a plurality of remote devices, and store some of the plurality of data fragments on each of the plurality of remote devices.

Claims

1. An apparatus for backup data storage, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to;

receive data at a first device over a first wireless network;

store a copy of the data on the first device;

fragment the data into a plurality of data fragments;

transmit the plurality of the data fragments to a plurality of remote devices over a second wireless network different from the first wireless network; and

initiate storage of some of the plurality of data fragments on each of the plurality of remote devices.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a data transfer speed of the first wireless network is different from a data transfer speed of the second wireless network.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein, when the data transfer speed of the first wireless network is faster than the data transfer speed of the second wireless network, the instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

store the plurality of data fragments on the first device prior to initiating storage of at least the portion of at least some of the plurality of data fragments.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions to receive the data at the first device are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive the data from a mobile device associated with a user.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

request the plurality of data fragments from the plurality of remote devices; and

reassemble the plurality of data fragments based at least in part on requesting the plurality of the data fragments.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the plurality of remote devices are located within a predetermined geographic boundary relative to the first device, wherein the instructions to transmit the plurality of the data fragments to the plurality of remote devices are based at least in part on the determination.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions to transmit the plurality of the data fragments to the plurality of remote devices are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit the plurality of the data fragments using a wireless local area network.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first device is a television or a control panel.

9. A computer-program product for backup data storage in an automation and security system, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:

receive data at a first device over a first wireless network;

store a copy of the data on the first device;

fragment the data into a plurality of data fragments;

transmit the plurality of the data fragments to a plurality of remote devices over a second wireless network different from the first wireless network; and

initiate storage of some of the plurality of data fragments on each of the plurality of remote devices.

10. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein a data transfer speed of the first wireless network is different from a data transfer speed of the second wireless network.

11. The computer-program product of claim 10, wherein when the data transfer speed of the first wireless network is faster than the data transfer speed of the second wireless network, the instructions are executable the processor to:

store the plurality of the data fragments on the first device prior to initiating storage of at least the portion of at least some of the plurality of the data fragments on each of the plurality of remote devices.

12. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein receiving the data at the first device comprises receiving the data from a mobile device associated with a user.

13. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:

request the plurality of the data fragments from the plurality of remote devices; and

reassemble the plurality of the data fragments based at least in part on requesting the plurality of the data fragments.

14. The computer-program product of claim 9, wherein, prior to transmitting the plurality of the data fragments to the plurality of remote devices, the instructions are executable by the processor to:

determine that the plurality of remote devices are located within a predetermined geographic boundary relative to the first device, wherein the instructions to transmit the plurality of the data fragments are based at least in part on the determination.

15. A computer-implemented method for backup data storage in an automation and security system, comprising:

receiving data at a first device over a first wireless network;

storing a copy of the data on the first device;

fragmenting the data into a plurality of data fragments;

transmitting the plurality of the data fragments to a plurality of remote devices over a second wireless network different from the first wireless network; and

initiate storage of some of the plurality of data fragments on each of the plurality of remote devices.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

wherein a data transfer speed of the first wireless network is different from a data transfer speed of the second wireless network.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining that the data transfer speed of the first wireless network is faster than the data transfer speed of the second wireless network; and

storing the plurality of the data fragments on the first device prior to initiating storage of at least the portion of at least some of the plurality of data fragments.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the data at the first device comprises receiving the data from a mobile device associated with a user.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

requesting the plurality of the data fragments from the plurality of remote devices; and

reassembling the plurality of the data fragments based at least in part on requesting the plurality of the data fragments.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining, prior to transmitting the plurality of the data fragments to the plurality of remote devices, that the plurality of remote devices are located within a predetermined geographic boundary relative to the first device, wherein transmitting the plurality of the data fragments is based at least in part on the determination.