Remote Property Monitoring via Mobile Data Shuttling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Property monitoring systems in remote locations often lack continuous wireless broadband connectivity, hindering real-time communication between monitoring systems and server systems, which is essential for effective data analysis and alert generation.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that utilizes local communication protocols, such as Bluetooth, to shuttle data through mobile devices of visitors, allowing for semi-real-time or periodic data analysis and reducing the need for frequent site visits, while also incorporating sensors and automation controls for property monitoring and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If property monitoring systems are installed in remote locations without reliable wireless broadband coverage, then the system can operate in areas previously inaccessible, but continuous real-time communication with the server system cannot be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile devices as intermediary carriers to shuttle data between the remote property monitoring system and the server system. When a mobile device enters the local area network of a remote property, it automatically connects to collect monitoring data, then transmits this data to the server system when connected to external networks, effectively mediating the communication gap in areas without reliable broadband coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from requiring continuous real-time communication to periodic data transmission. Mobile devices periodically connect to the local property monitoring system, collect accumulated data, and transmit it to the server system at intervals determined by visitor mobility patterns, enabling functional monitoring despite discontinuous connectivity
2Speed
If real-time communication is implemented between server systems and property monitoring systems, then immediate data analysis and alert generation are possible, but properties in remote locations without consistent wireless broadband coverage cannot maintain this communication
Solution Approach 1:
Mobile devices serve as mobile intermediaries that bridge the gap between remote property monitoring systems and the server system. These devices temporarily join the local network to collect data and then transmit it externally, enabling remote property monitoring without requiring permanent broadband infrastructure at the property location
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes from a static continuous connection model to a dynamic periodic connection model. The communication frequency and timing adapt based on the mobility and connectivity patterns of visiting mobile devices, allowing the system to optimize data transmission opportunities while operating in remote locations
3Loss of information
If property owners frequently visit remote properties to check monitoring data, then real-time awareness of property conditions is achieved, but the number of required visits is reduced when mobile device data shuttling is implemented
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic data collection and transmission without requiring property owner intervention. Mobile devices automatically connect to the local monitoring system, collect data, and transmit it to the server system, eliminating the need for property owners to physically visit remote properties to check conditions
4Reliability
If continuous broadband connection is required for property monitoring systems, then reliable real-time data transmission is ensured, but the system cannot be deployed in remote locations such as forests, mountains, or islands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses mobile devices as mobile data carriers that temporarily become part of the local network infrastructure when visiting remote properties. These intermediaries collect monitoring data and transmit it to external server systems, enabling deployment in locations without permanent broadband infrastructure while maintaining data transmission reliability through periodic connections
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, are disclosed. A system performs operations including receiving sensor data from a sensor of a property monitored by a monitoring system, and based on the sensor data, determining a first event and a second event that have occurred at the property. The operations include determining that the monitoring system is not able to communicate with an outside network, and classifying the first event as a high priority event and the second event as a low priority event. The operations include determining that a mobile device is able to receive data from the monitoring system; and providing, to the mobile device, data indicating the first event and an instruction to transmit the data indicating the first event to a server upon the mobile device being able to communicate with the outside network.