Patent ID: 9245433
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G08B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing home security monitoring, comprising: passively monitoring to detect radio frequency (RF) signals using a wireless protocol; detecting a first RF signal; extracting information comprising a first unique identifier (UID) from the detected first RF signal, wherein the first UID uniquely identifies a first device emitting the first RF signal, the UID comprising information that is hardcoded into a chip on the first device and always used for communications as a condition of the wireless protocol associated with the RF signals; estimating a first location of an origin of the first RF signal; determining that the first UID is unknown; identifying a first rule of a plurality of rules, the first rule including criteria that if an unknown UID is detected within a first range of time, the first location is within a second range of locations, and a home resident is absent, a first message is sent to the home resident that an unidentified individual is present; and in accordance with the first rule, sending the first message after determining that the time of detection of the first UID is within the first range of time, the first location is within the second range of locations, and a second UID associated with a second device of the home resident is absent.