Virtual representation systems and methods

• US 9,473,559 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Rezvani, Babak, Kalin, Edward B., Chen, Jack L., Jalili, Reza
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US14/935,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20160065416A1
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/505, 340/3.1, 340/539.1, 340/10.1, 705/80, 705/224, 715/500.1, 709/208, 709/217, 709/219, 345/473, 345/530
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/02 Mechanical actuation of the alarm, e.g. by the breaking of a wire
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• 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 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2845 : Telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 : Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 : Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 : Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 : for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 : characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 : comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 : by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 : Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 : Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 : providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 : Directories for service discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 : based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 : Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 : Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 : based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 : for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 : Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 : Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 : for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 : Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 : Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 : Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 : Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 : Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• 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 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 : using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 : Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 : Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

Claims

1. A user access device, comprising:

a processing component;

a communication component for sending or receiving information; and

software being configured to be executable by the processing component, the software being configured to cause the user access device to;

obtain information regarding a virtual representation of a node, the information regarding the virtual representation of the node being registered at a remote site, the node being disposed at a location remote from the remote site;

display the virtual representation of the node to enable a user input via a user interaction with the virtual representation of the node;

obtain the user input responsive to user interaction with the virtual representation of the node; and

output a command that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node, the command causing the node to be controlled in a manner that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node.

2. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the outputted command is directly transmitted from the user access device to the node.

3. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via a local area network to which the user access device and the node are connected.

4. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via the remote site.

5. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the virtual representation of the node is obtained by the user access device (i) directly from the remote site or (ii) via a server that is configured to obtain obtain and make available to the user access device the information regarding the virtual representation of the node.

6. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the user access device is a cellular mobile telephone, a mobile computing device, or a personal computer.

7. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the virtual representation of the node being registered at the remote site by associating in a data store (i) at least some of the information regarding the virtual representation of the node and (ii) a node identifier of the node.

8. The user access device of claim 1, wherein the node is a camera, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, a light, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, a rain gauge, or a hub or system controller that intermediates communication between the user access device and the camera, the radio, the smoke or fire detector, the contact sensor, the light switch, the light, the audio device, the video device, the display device, the washer, the dryer, the microwave oven, the cooking range, the car alarm, the plant watering device, the sprinkler, the carbon monoxide detector, the humidistat, or the rain gauge.

9. Non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for use in a user access device, wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium is encoded with machine-readable instructions that, when perform by the user access device, cause the user access device to:

obtain information regarding a virtual representation of a node, the information regarding the virtual representation of the node being registered at a remote site, the node being disposed at a location remote from the remote site;

display the virtual representation of the node to enable a user input via a user interaction with the virtual representation of the node;

obtain the user input responsive to user interaction with the virtual representation of the node; and

output a command that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node, the command causing the node to be controlled in a manner that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the outputted command is directly transmitted from the user access device to the node.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via a local area network to which the user access device and the node are connected.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via the remote site.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the user access device is a cellular mobile telephone, a mobile computing device, or a personal computer.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the node is a camera, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, a light, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, a rain gauge, or a hub or system controller that intermediates communication between the user access device and the camera, the radio, the smoke or fire detector, the contact sensor, the light switch, the light, the audio device, the video device, the display device, the washer, the dryer, the microwave oven, the cooking range, the car alarm, the plant watering device, the sprinkler, the carbon monoxide detector, the humidistat, or the rain gauge.

15. A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a user access device, information regarding a virtual representation of a node, the information regarding the virtual representation of the node being registered at a remote site, the node being disposed at a location remote from the remote site;

displaying, by the user access device, the virtual representation of the node to enable a user input via a user interaction with the virtual representation of the node;

obtaining, by the user access device, the user input responsive to user interaction with the virtual representation of the node; and

outputting, by the user access device, a command that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node, the command causing the node to be controlled in a manner that corresponds to the user interaction with the virtual representation of the node.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the outputted command is directly transmitted from the user access device to the node.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via a local area network to which the user access device and the node are connected.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the outputted command is transmitted from the user access device to the node via the remote site.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the user access device is a cellular mobile telephone, a mobile computing device, or a personal computer.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the node is a camera, a radio, a smoke or fire detector, a contact sensor, a light switch, a light, an audio device, a video device, a display device, a washer, a dryer, a microwave oven, a cooking range, a car alarm, a plant watering device, a sprinkler, a carbon monoxide detector, a humidistat, a rain gauge, or a hub or system controller that intermediates communication between the user access device and the camera, the radio, the smoke or fire detector, the contact sensor, the light switch, the light, the audio device, the video device, the display device, the washer, the dryer, the microwave oven, the cooking range, the car alarm, the plant watering device, the sprinkler, the carbon monoxide detector, the humidistat, or the rain gauge.