Patent ID: 11948448
Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A method, performed by a central security controller, for automatically disarming a security system associated with a home or a business, comprising:
receiving a first MAC address from a local area network of a personal communication device that has received a local network address from a router in the local area network; storing the first MAC address in a memory;
receiving a command to disarm the security system, the command comprising a second MAC address;
comparing the second MAC address to the first MAC address stored in the memory;
determining that the command originated from the personal communication device and that the personal communication device is proximate to the home or the business when the second MAC address matches the first MAC address; and
disarming the security system when the command originated from the personal communication device and that the personal communication device is proximate to the home or the business.