Remote Property Monitoring via Mobile Data Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Property monitoring systems in remote locations often lack continuous wireless broadband connectivity, hindering real-time communication and data analysis, which is essential for effective monitoring and management.
Innovation Solution
The system employs local communication protocols like Bluetooth to shuttle data through mobile devices of visitors, allowing semi-real-time or periodic data transmission to a server, even in areas without consistent wireless broadband coverage, using sensors and automation controls to prioritize and compress data for efficient transmission.
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 previously inaccessible areas, but real-time communication and data transmission become unreliable or impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile devices as intermediary carriers to shuttle data between the remote property monitoring system and the server. When a mobile device enters the local area network range at the remote property, it automatically downloads monitoring data and uploads it to the server when connected to wireless broadband, thus mediating the communication gap caused by lack of continuous connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from requiring continuous real-time communication to periodic data transmission. Monitoring data is collected continuously at the remote property, then transmitted periodically whenever a mobile device is available to carry the data to the server, converting a continuous action into a periodic one that adapts to intermittent connectivity.
2Loss of information
If the system waits for continuous wireless broadband connection for data transmission, then data integrity can be maintained, but the number of required property visits increases and monitoring efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary data collection and local storage at the remote property before transmission is possible. Monitoring data is accumulated in local storage when the property is offline, then transmitted in batches when connectivity becomes available through mobile devices, eliminating the need to wait for continuous connection while maintaining data integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates local copies of monitoring data at the remote property that can be independently stored and later transmitted. These local copies serve as temporary repositories that decouple data collection from data transmission, allowing the system to maintain complete data records even when continuous network connection is unavailable.
3Loss of information
If property owners frequently visit remote properties to check monitoring data, then real-time awareness of property conditions is achieved, but time and resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic data transmission and server-side analysis without requiring owner intervention. The monitoring system self-manages data collection, local storage, and transmission scheduling, while the server automatically analyzes data and generates alerts, freeing owners from the need to personally visit properties to check conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic feedback loops where the server continuously analyzes monitoring data and sends alerts to owners only when anomalies are detected. This feedback mechanism keeps owners informed of critical property conditions remotely without requiring them to make frequent visits to check on routine status.
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.