US 12,266,271 B1
Robotic database management
Robert Nathan Picardi, Herndon, VA (US); and Matthew Daniel Correnti, Newtown Square, PA (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,291.
Application 17/949,291 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,071, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,455,897.
Application 16/988,071 is a continuation of application No. 16/539,446, filed on Aug. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,741,087, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,158, filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 5/0069 (2013.01) [B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 1/00442 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from one or more sensors monitoring a property, first sensor data indicating a delivered item;
determining, using the first sensor data indicating the delivered item, that the delivered item is not likely identified in a property inventory database that identifies a plurality of items associated with the property; [and] in response to determining that the delivered item is not likely identified in the property inventory database, sending instructions to a robot to survey the property for the delivered item that is not likely identified in the property inventory database;
receiving, from the robot, second sensor data captured by one or more sensors on the robot;
determining, using the second sensor data from the one or more sensors on the robot, identification information for the delivered item;
using the identification information for the delivered item, determining whether the identification information for the delivered item matches one of the plurality of items associated with the property identified in the property inventory database; and
in response to the determining that the identification information for the delivered item matches one of the plurality of items associated with the property identified in the property inventory database, determining to skip adding data for the delivered item to the property inventory database.