Generating risk profile using data of home monitoring and security system

• US 10,142,394 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2017
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc. (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc. (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Chmielewski, Tom, Kitchen, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): Barakat, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US15/447,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20180198841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/12 Manually actuated calamity alarm transmitting arrangements emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm, activators, e.g. details of alarm push buttons mounted on an infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• 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 12/2832 Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks single bridge functionality H04L12/4625
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2843 Mains power line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/166 at the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 : Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/143 : Termination or inactivation of sessions, e.g. event-controlled end of session

Abstract

Methods and systems for premises management are described. An example system may comprise a premises management device and a touchscreen device. The touchscreen device may output a plurality of interfaces that enable control of the premises management device. The example system may comprise a premises management server that receives behavioral data associated with the premises management device and the touchscreen device. The premises management server may generate and output a risk score based on the behavioral data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a premises management device located at a premises;

a touchscreen device located at the premises, wherein the touchscreen device is in communication with the premises management device, wherein the touchscreen device is configured to output a plurality of user interfaces, and wherein the plurality of user interfaces enable control of functions of the premises management device and access to data associated with the premises management device; and

a premises management server in communication with one or more of the premises management device and the touchscreen device, wherein the premises management server is located external to the premises, wherein the premises management server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with one or more of the premises management device and the touchscreen device, wherein the premises management server is configured to;

receive behavioral data associated with one or more of the premises management device and the touchscreen device,

generate, based on the behavioral data, a risk score, and

cause output of the risk score.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the premises management device comprises one or more of a security device and a home automation device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the premises management device comprises the behavioral data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the behavioral data comprises information associated with one or more of an occupancy of the premises, a usage of the premises, a usage of the premises management device, and energy usage associated with the premises.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the behavioral data comprises information associated with an operational state of the premises management device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the premises management server is configured to determine a location of the premises, and wherein the risk score is dependent on the location of the premises.

7. A system comprising:

a premises management device located at a premises;

a touchscreen device located at the premises, wherein the touchscreen device is in communication with the premises management device, wherein the touchscreen device is configured to output a plurality of user interfaces, and wherein the plurality of user interfaces enable control of one or more functions of the premises management device; and

a gateway device in communication with one or more of the premises management device and the touchscreen device, wherein the gateway device is located at the premises, and wherein the gateway device is configured to;

receive behavioral data associated with one or more of the premises management device and the touchscreen device;

generate, based on the behavioral data, a risk score; and

cause output of the risk score.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the premises management device comprises one or more of a security device and a home automation device.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the behavioral data comprises information associated with one or more of an occupancy of the premises, a usage of the premises, a usage of the premises management device, and energy usage associated with the premises.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the behavioral data comprises information associated with an operational state of the premises management device.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the gateway device is configured to determine a location of the premises, and wherein the risk score is based on the location of the premises.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the gateway device is in communication with a wide-area network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the gateway device is configured to transmit, to a remote device and via the wide-area network, the risk score.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, via a gateway device located at a premises, operational data associated with a premises management system located at the premises, wherein the premises management system comprises one or more premises management devices and a touchscreen device in communication with the one or more premises management devices;

determining a location of the premises;

determining, based on the operational data, a behavior profile associated with the premises management system;

determining, based on the behavioral profile and the location of the premises, a risk score; and

causing the risk score to be outputted.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more premises management devices comprises one or more of a security device and a home automation device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the operational data comprises information associated with one or more of an active/inactive state of the one or more premises management devices and an alarm/non-alarm state of the one or more premises management devices.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the operational data is indicative of at least one of an occupancy of the premises, a usage of the premises, a usage of the one or more premises management devices, and energy usage associated with the premises.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the risk score comprises comparing one or more of the behavior profile and the location of the premises to risk data indicative of a likelihood of one or more premises events.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the gateway device is in communication with a wide-area network.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the gateway device is configured to transmit, to a remote device and via the wide-area network, the risk score.