Event Triggered Messaging for Automated Security Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security and automation systems lack the ability to record and broadcast audio and video messages automatically based on the presence, identity, or location of individuals, limiting their functionality in scenarios where real-time communication is not feasible.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to record and broadcast audio and video messages directly onto a device or transmit them to be stored and broadcast to other users at different locations, using sensors to detect and identify individuals for targeted message delivery based on presence, identity, location, and other factors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual input is used to broadcast messages, then message delivery can be controlled, but the system lacks automation and requires continuous user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user presence and identity through sensors, retrieves appropriate messages from storage, and broadcasts them without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the entire message delivery process from detection to transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
Messages are pre-recorded and stored in the system memory before they are needed. When a user is detected, the system retrieves the pre-prepared message and broadcasts it immediately, eliminating the need for real-time message composition or manual input at the moment of delivery.
2Adaptability or versatility
If real-time communication is used, then immediate interaction is possible, but it is not feasible when users are remotely located or unavailable
Solution Approach 1:
The system acts as an intermediary by storing messages locally and broadcasting them automatically when the intended recipient is detected, eliminating the need for real-time connection between sender and receiver. This allows communication to occur asynchronously, bridging the gap when users are unavailable or remotely located.
3Measurement precision
If sensors detect and identify individuals for targeted messaging, then message delivery becomes precise and automated, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses multi-functional sensors that can both detect presence and identify individuals, and the same communication module handles both recording and broadcasting operations. This consolidation of functions reduces overall system complexity while maintaining precise user identification and targeted message delivery capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses, techniques, and methods for a security and/or automation system are described. In some cases, these may include a first user recording a message and the message being broadcast or conveyed to a second user based on the second user's identity and/or location and/or a relevant time of recording or broadcasting, among other things. The methods may include receiving a first communication from a first user, storing the first communication in memory, identifying a second user at a first location, retrieving the first communication from memory, the retrieving based at least in part on the identification of the second user, and conveying the first communication to the second user at the first location.