US 12,406,568 B2
Security system with cloud-based controller
Johannes Willem Jakobus Joubert, Pretoria (ZA); and Carel Lourens Wessels, Pretoria (ZA)
Assigned to FIDELITY ADT (PTY) LIMITED, Midrand (ZA)
Appl. No. 16/956,078
Filed by FIDELITY ADT (PTY) LIMITED, Midrand (ZA)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/059816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/123091, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017/08671 (ZA), filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0320853 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/50 (2020.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC G08B 25/10 (2013.01) [H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/50 (2020.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security system comprising:
at least one security device at a first user station, the at least one security device comprising:
a portable housing;
a local power supply for providing an output voltage;
a sensor element;
a processor connected to the sensor element for generating a first message in response to a signal from the sensor element; and
an Internet of things transmitter connected to the processor;
a cloud-based controller for the security system, the cloud-based controller being hosted on a server at a central backend that is positioned at a location remote from the user station, the cloud-based controller being in data communication with the at least one security device via an Internet of things communications path, the cloud-based controller having an arm mode of operation and a disarm mode of operation;
a terminal associated with the first user station, the terminal being configured to be in communication with the cloud-based controller to cause the cloud-based controller to operate in a user selectable one of the arm mode of operation or the disarm mode of operation, and the terminal being operable to configure settings of the cloud-based controller to cause the cloud-based controller to act on the first message in accordance with one or more settings pre-stored on the cloud-based controller,
wherein:
the Internet of things transmitter is a narrow-band transmitter configured to transmit the first message directly to a high site, external of the user station, of a Low-power Wide-area network providing the Internet of things communications path;
the local power supply comprises at least one replaceable battery;
the sensor element, the processor, the narrow-band transmitter, and the at least one replaceable battery are housed in the portable housing of the at least one security device; and
the at least one security device is wholly self-powered and self-contained, as well as portable and transportable between different locations at the user station and between the user station and another user station.