Device Behavior Cloning for Remote Site Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Unoccupied locations such as residences and businesses are vulnerable to burglary and vandalism, and maintenance tasks like irrigation and temperature control are challenging due to the absence of occupants, as existing systems lack effective monitoring and control solutions for remote management.
Innovation Solution
A system of device monitor and control systems that detect changes in electronic devices' operational settings, transmit control signals across locations, and coordinate monitoring and cloning of device behaviors through network hubs, enabling remote management and security enhancements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If locations are left unoccupied to reduce human intervention, then maintenance tasks become difficult to perform and security risks increase, but installing monitoring systems increases device complexity and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of occupied location behaviors and transmits them to control devices at unoccupied locations. Instead of installing complex monitoring hardware at every location, the system copies operational patterns from a primary location and applies them remotely, reducing on-site device complexity while maintaining management capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network hub as an intermediary that coordinates between multiple device monitor and control systems at different locations. This central intermediary simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a single point of coordination rather than requiring direct complex interactions between all devices at all locations.
2Reliability
If device monitor and control systems are deployed at multiple locations, then remote management and security are improved, but system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The network hub serves as a central intermediary that receives data from sensor devices at multiple locations and coordinates control actions. This intermediary architecture improves reliability by providing centralized monitoring and coordination while reducing the complexity of peer-to-peer communication between distributed devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors operational settings at multiple locations and uses this feedback to automatically transmit appropriate control signals. The feedback loop enables the system to adapt to changing conditions at each location while maintaining coordinated control through the network hub, improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Productivity
If behavioral cloning is implemented across locations, then maintenance efficiency improves, but the system requires sophisticated detection and transmission capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent detects operational behaviors at occupied locations and creates simplified copies of these behavioral patterns for transmission to unoccupied locations. This copying approach enables maintenance tasks to be performed efficiently at remote locations by replicating proven operational sequences, while the simplification reduces the complexity of detection and transmission requirements compared to full real-time replication.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments described herein provide various techniques for monitoring electronic devices at various locations, and cloning behaviors of specific electronic devices across locations and times. Device monitor and control systems may be configured to detect changes in the operational settings of electronic devices at monitored locations, and to transmit control signals to control corresponding electronic devices at other locations. In some cases, separate device monitor and control systems may operate at different locations, where each system may monitor and control a set of local devices and communicate device status detection signals, control signals, and the like to other device monitor and control systems at other locations. In some examples, central device monitor and control systems may operate at network hubs, such as satellite base stations, cable head-ends, and/or central computer servers, to coordinate the device monitoring and cloning of device behaviors between multiple locations.