Patent ID: 9706365
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04W

Claim:
1. A Bluetooth/WiFi bridge system, comprising: one or more bridges in a dwelling, each of the one or more bridges including a computing device in an interior of the dwelling with an internet-facing radio, and a second radio communicating with one or more Bluetooth LE devices, the computing device providing for coordination of information flow between the two radios, the computing device configured to enable the two radios to communicate and take incoming and outgoing information from one radio into a format that the other radio can transmit and receive; one or more Bluetooth devices or Bluetooth peripheral devices, collectively, the Bluetooth devices in communication with the bridge; an intelligent door lock system in communication with the bridge and the one or more Bluetooth devices, the intelligent door lock system including a position sensor configured to know its current position even if it has been moved since it has been turned off, the position sensor coupled to a drive shaft and a lock of the intelligent door lock system, where sensing position by the position sensor is tied to a movement of the drive shaft and a door open or lock status ; and wherein the one or more bridges determines a signal strength between the one or more bridges and the Bluetooth devices to determine where the person is located in the interior of the dwelling.