US 11,688,269 B2
Method and apparatus for detecting when a security system is armed and a mobile device is left inside
Ramakrishna Pulluru, Telangana (IN); Arun Kumar Manthani, Telangana (IN); Balaji Ananthachari, Telangana (IN); and Venkateswara Rao N R, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/251,446
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/060376
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/117424, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811046105 (IN), filed on Dec. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312786 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 21/24 (2013.01) [G08B 25/008 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of detecting when a first mobile device is left in a building, the method comprising:
determining that an alarm system of a building has been armed;
detecting positional data of a first mobile device for a selected period of time after the alarm system has been activated;
determining a location of the first mobile device after the selected period of time in response to the positional data, the location of the first mobile device being within the building; and
activating an alarm in response to the location of the first mobile device being within the building;
wherein determining that an alarm system of a building has been activated further comprises:
receiving a first pin entered via a user input from a first individual, the first pin being associated with the first mobile device belonging to the first individual,
wherein the first pin arms the alarm system.