Location monitor and device cloning
First Claim
1. A device monitor and control system comprising:
- a first device monitor located at a first structure having a first location, wherein the first device monitor is in communication with a first plurality of devices located at the first structure;
a second device monitor located at a second structure having a second location, wherein;
the second device monitor is in communication with a second plurality of devices located at the second structure; and
the second structure is distinct from the first structure;
a server system, the server system comprising;
a processing unit comprising one or more processors;
a network interface configured to receive signals from the first device monitor and the second device monitor; and
a memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the server system to;
receive a device status detection signal via the network interface from the first device monitor, the device status detection signal including a device identifier of a first device of the first plurality of devices at the first structure and an operational status data for the first device;
determine a first ambient light measurement at the first structure corresponding to the device status detection signal;
determine a time at which an ambient light measurement at the second structure equals the first ambient light measurement;
determine a second device identifier based on the device identifier of the first device, the second device identifier corresponding to a second device of the second plurality of devices located at the second structure;
determine one or more operational settings for the second device, based on the operational status data for the first device; and
transmit a control signal for controlling the second device to the second device monitor at the second structure at the determined time, the control signal including the second device identifier and data corresponding to the operational settings for the second device.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide various techniques for monitoring electronic devices at various locations, and cloning behaviors of specific electronic devices across locations and times. Device monitor and control systems may be configured to detect changes in the operational settings of electronic devices at monitored locations, and to transmit control signals to control corresponding electronic devices at other locations. In some cases, separate device monitor and control systems may operate at different locations, where each system may monitor and control a set of local devices and communicate device status detection signals, control signals, and the like to other device monitor and control systems at other locations. In some examples, central device monitor and control systems may operate at network hubs, such as satellite base stations, cable head-ends, and/or central computer servers, to coordinate the device monitoring and cloning of device behaviors between multiple locations.
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15 Claims
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1. A device monitor and control system comprising:
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a first device monitor located at a first structure having a first location, wherein the first device monitor is in communication with a first plurality of devices located at the first structure; a second device monitor located at a second structure having a second location, wherein; the second device monitor is in communication with a second plurality of devices located at the second structure; and the second structure is distinct from the first structure; a server system, the server system comprising; a processing unit comprising one or more processors; a network interface configured to receive signals from the first device monitor and the second device monitor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the server system to; receive a device status detection signal via the network interface from the first device monitor, the device status detection signal including a device identifier of a first device of the first plurality of devices at the first structure and an operational status data for the first device; determine a first ambient light measurement at the first structure corresponding to the device status detection signal; determine a time at which an ambient light measurement at the second structure equals the first ambient light measurement; determine a second device identifier based on the device identifier of the first device, the second device identifier corresponding to a second device of the second plurality of devices located at the second structure; determine one or more operational settings for the second device, based on the operational status data for the first device; and transmit a control signal for controlling the second device to the second device monitor at the second structure at the determined time, the control signal including the second device identifier and data corresponding to the operational settings for the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a device monitor and control system, a device status detection signal, the device status detection signal including a device identifier of a first device located at a first structure at a first location and operational status data for the first device; determining, at the device monitor and control system, a second device identifier based on the device identifier of the first device, the second device identifier corresponding to a second device at a second structure at a second location; determining a first ambient light measurement at the first structure corresponding to the device status detection signal; determining a time at which an ambient light measurement at the second structure equals the first ambient light measurement; determining, at the device monitor and control system, one or more operational settings for the second device, based on the operational status data for the first device; and transmitting, at the device monitor and control system, a control signal for controlling the second device at the second location at the determined time, the control signal including the second device identifier and data corresponding to the operational settings for the second device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
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receive a device status detection signal, the device status detection signal including a device identifier of a first device at a first structure located at a first location and operational status data for the first device; determine a second device identifier based on the device identifier of the first device, the second device identifier corresponding to a second device at a second structure located at a second location; determine one or more operational settings for the second device, based on the operational status data for the first device; determine a first ambient light measurement at the first structure corresponding to the device status detection signal; determine a time at which an ambient light measurement at the second structure equals the first ambient light measurement; and transmit a control signal for controlling the second device at the second location at the determined time, the control signal including the second device identifier and data corresponding to the operational settings for the second device. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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