Patents by Inventor Janelle Kim Seegmiller

Janelle Kim Seegmiller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11488077
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for smart sensing using a security and automation system are described. One method may include monitoring a parameter of a resource associated with a structure, predicting a future change in condition associated with the parameter based on the monitoring, and performing a function using the security and automation system based on the predicting. In some examples, the resource may include a service or a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: VIVINT, INC.
    Inventors: Jefferson Huhta Lyman, Janelle Kim Seegmiller, Kyle Redfearn
  • Patent number: 11049343
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling secure access using a security and/or automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for enabling secure access using a security and/or automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to determine information regarding a service associated with a premises, detect a service personnel associated with the service arriving at the premises; unarm a designated area within the premises and verify that a remaining area within the premises is armed, and provide instructions to the service personnel regarding how to access the designated area within the premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferson Huhta Lyman, Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll, Janelle Kim Seegmiller
  • Patent number: 10861265
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a security and automation system. One method includes receiving sensor data associated with at least one sensor of the security and automation system; analyzing the received sensor data; and initiating a function of the security and automation system based on the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Logan Sanders Merkley, Janelle Kim Seegmiller, Spencer J. Nugent, Michael D. Child, Tanner H. Potter
  • Patent number: 10836348
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one example, a method for mobile vehicle integration with a home automation system is described, the method including detecting, at the home automation system, an event associated with a mobile vehicle integrated with the home automation system. The method also includes performing, by the home automation system, an action related to the detected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Richard Papworth, Michael Joseph Thompson, Janelle Kim Seegmiller
  • Publication number: 20180158265
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling secure access using a security and/or automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for enabling secure access using a security and/or automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to determine information regarding a service associated with a premises, detect a service personnel associated with the service arriving at the premises; unarm a designated area within the premises and verify that a remaining area within the premises is armed, and provide instructions to the service personnel regarding how to access the designated area within the premises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jefferson Huhta Lyman, Clint Huson Gordon-Carroll, Janelle Kim Seegmiller