Patent ID: 9729340
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An IoT system comprising: a hardware Internet of Things (IoT) hub comprising a first network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service over a first communication channel and a second network interface to couple the IoT hub to the IoT service over a second communication channel, the first communication channel comprising a cellular network connection and the second communication channel comprising a home internet connection; at least one IoT device communicatively coupled to the IoT hub over a local communication channel; connection monitoring logic circuitry to detect when any one or both of the first and second communication channels between the IoT service and the IoT hub have become inoperative; notification logic circuitry to transmit a notification to a data processing device of a user of the IoT system responsive to the connection monitoring logic circuitry detecting that any one or both the first and second communication channels have become inoperative.