Patent attributes
In one embodiment, a system is described, the system including a network gateway in communication with a plurality of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) servers, a household behavior model processor which models a household behavior model based at least on expected usage of each of a plurality of OEM network appliances, wherein each one appliance of the plurality of OEM network appliances is associated with one of the plurality of OEM servers, and behavior of users associated with the network gateway, an anomaly detector which determines, on the basis of the household behavior model, if an anomalous control message which has been sent to one of the plurality of OEM network appliances from one of the OEM servers has been received at the network gateway, and a notification server which sends a notification to an application on an administrator's device upon receipt of the anomalous control message at the network gateway. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described.
