System and method for monitoring and controlling residential devices
DCFirst Claim
1. A distributed data monitoring and control system suitable for residential automation applications, comprising:
- at least one sensor suitably integrated with a residential system configured to provide a sensor data signal;
at least one wireless communication device communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor configured to receive the sensor data signal and format a first encoded data signal comprising a communication device identifier and a predetermined function code responsive to the received sensor data signal wherein the wireless communication device broadcasts the first encoded data signal over a wireless transmission media to a gateway communicatively coupled to a wide area network configured to receive and translate the first encoded data signal into a wide area network data transfer protocol for transmission to a computing device configured to collect, process, and store, the received sensor data signal.
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a system and method for monitoring and controlling a host of residential automation systems. The system is implemented by using a plurality of wireless communication devices configured to relay both data and command encoded signals through the wireless network of communication devices interposed between integrated sensors/actuators and a gateway device. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the gateway translates the data encoded signals and embeds the information in a data packet using terminal control protocol/Internet protocol to communicate the data to a computing device on a wide area network. The computing device may comprise data collection and or control algorithms as desired. The computing device may forward command signals to the gateway device. In response thereto, the gateway may convert the command signals into appropriate command encoded signals for wireless transmission to a designated actuator integrated in a residential system. The present invention can also be viewed as providing a method for monitoring and controlling residential systems. In its broadest terms, the method can be described as: sensing a parameter; generating a wireless signal; traversing a wireless network to a gateway interconnected with a wide area network; communicating the parameter to a computing device on the network; generating a control signal; communicating the control signal to the gateway; converting the control signal; and broadcasting the control signal such that an appropriate actuator is energized.
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38 Claims
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1. A distributed data monitoring and control system suitable for residential automation applications, comprising:
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at least one sensor suitably integrated with a residential system configured to provide a sensor data signal;
at least one wireless communication device communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor configured to receive the sensor data signal and format a first encoded data signal comprising a communication device identifier and a predetermined function code responsive to the received sensor data signal wherein the wireless communication device broadcasts the first encoded data signal over a wireless transmission media to a gateway communicatively coupled to a wide area network configured to receive and translate the first encoded data signal into a wide area network data transfer protocol for transmission to a computing device configured to collect, process, and store, the received sensor data signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for monitoring residential systems, comprising:
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providing at least one gateway device in communication with a wide area network wherein the gateway device is configured to receive an encoded broadcast signal having a first portion that identifies an originating wireless communication device and a second portion that contains a function code responsive to a sensed parameter;
using the gateway device to translate and embed the received broadcast signal within a data packet with a network data transfer protocol;
using the gateway device to transmit the data packet over the wide area network to a designated computing device;
receiving the data packet at the designated computing device; and
using the designated computing device to identify the originating wireless communication device and the associated function code contained within the data packet. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for monitoring and controlling residential systems, comprising:
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providing at least one gateway device in communication with a wide area network wherein the gateway device is configured to receive a first encoded signal having a first portion that identifies an originating wireless communication device and a second portion that contains a function code responsive to a sensed parameter and wherein the gateway device is configured to broadcast a second encoded signal that identifies at least one wireless communication device to traverse ending at a destination wireless communication device and wherein the second encoded signal contains a command;
using the gateway device to translate and embed the received broadcast signal within a data packet with a network data transfer protocol;
using the gateway device to transmit the data packet over the wide area network to a designated computing device;
receiving the data packet at the designated computing device;
using the designated computing device to identify the originating wireless communication device and the associated function code contained within the data packet;
deriving parameter information from the function code;
generating at least one command in response to the derived parameter information;
embedding the command information and appropriate wireless communication device routing information in a data packet;
transmitting the data packet to the appropriate gateway; and
using the gateway to construct an appropriate second encoded signal responsive to the data packet. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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