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Vivint, Inc.

Vivint, Inc.'s patent strategy shows a strong historical focus on "Alarm & Signaling Systems" (45.5% of its portfolio) and an emerging interest in "Computer Vision," which saw a 200.0% YoY growth in 2024. However, a surprising shift is evident across nearly all categories, with significant year-over-year declines in 2025 and so far in 2026, including a 100.0% drop in "Alarm & Signaling Systems" and "Computer Vision" patent filings for 2026, suggesting a potential re-evaluation or slowdown in patenting activity.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

55 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 11 themes

Integrated Device Automation

Systems and methods for coordinating and automating the control of electric heating and lighting devices within a broader environment, often involving sensors, communication networks, and user-defined rules.

Electric Heating & Lighting Control
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20since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Intelligent Alarm Management & Control

Systems and methods for processing, prioritizing, and presenting multiple alarms, including features like temporary pausing, customized display, and intelligent decision-making for alert delivery based on context or user profiles.

Alarm & Signaling Systems
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11since 2023
+20.0%YoY
Visual Signaling & Deterrence

Systems that utilize light, displays, or augmented reality to provide warnings, guidance, or to deter unwanted actions, often involving adjustable light patterns or directional indicators for enhanced effectiveness.

Alarm & Signaling Systems
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11since 2023
-16.7%YoY
Real-time Anomaly Detection

Methods and systems that identify unusual or suspicious patterns in data streams, often leveraging machine learning models trained on normal behavior, to detect threats, faults, or significant events as they occur.

Alarm & Signaling Systems
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5since 2023
+50.0%YoY
Adaptive Lighting Control Systems

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting light output, distribution, color, or intensity based on environmental conditions, user presence, content, or specific application needs.

Electric Heating & Lighting Control
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4since 2023
n/a
Sensor-based Environment Perception

Techniques and hardware for autonomous systems to gather and interpret data about their surroundings, including obstacle detection, object recognition, and depth estimation, to inform control decisions.

Computer Vision
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3since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Personalized & Context-Aware Alerts

Alert systems designed to deliver notifications tailored to an individual's specific situation, health status, location, or relationship context, often leveraging wearable devices or mobile applications for personalized guidance and compliance.

Alarm & Signaling Systems
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3since 2023
new
Damage Detection & Structural Assessment

Automated systems using image processing and artificial intelligence to identify, classify, and assess the extent of damage to structures or objects, supporting maintenance or insurance claims.

Image Processing
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2since 2023
0.0%YoY
Video Quality & Encoding Optimization

Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.

Computer VisionPictorial / Video Communications
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2since 2023
n/a
Multi-modal Sensor Fusion

Techniques for combining data from disparate sensor types (e.g., cameras, radar, mobile device signals) to achieve a more robust and comprehensive understanding of an environment or subject, often leveraging machine learning for interpretation and correlation.

Computer Vision
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1since 2023
new
Automated Transaction Systems

Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.

Business Methods & Fintech
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1since 2023
new

Patents

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US D1122077 S1APPLICATION

Light switch cover

Filed:2023-09-13Pub:2026-04-14
Applicant:VIVINT, INC.
US 20250225850 A1APPLICATION
G08B13/196

Systems and Methods to Generate Deterrence Actions

Filed:2025-01-04Pub:2025-07-10
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

A system may include a camera having one or more processors and a memory including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute a first deterrence action, determine a response to the first deterrence action, receive a second deterrence action generated using a large language model, and execute the second deterrence action.

US 20250218265 A1APPLICATION
G08B15/00

GENERATING OVERLAYED SOUNDS TO DETER PERPETRATION OF AN EVENT

Filed:2024-12-18Pub:2025-07-03
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Presented herein are system and methods for generating overlayed sounds to deter perpetration of an event A system can include an image capture device and one or more processors coupled with memory. The system can detect an entity within an area. The system can determine that the entity corresponds to one or more criteria. The system can identify a first sound corresponding to the one or more criteria and a state of the area. The system can play, by a speaker device, the first sound to deter the entity from perpetrating an event within the area. The system can identify a second sound corresponding to the one or more criteria, the state of the area, and the first sound. The system can play, by the speaker device, the second sound to deter the entity from perpetrating the event.

US 20250218262 A1APPLICATION
G08B13/196

Determining Actions of a System Based on Approaching Entity

Filed:2024-11-05Pub:2025-07-03
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Presented herein are system and methods for determining actions of a system based on an approaching entity. A system can include an image capture device, output devices, and one or more processors coupled with memory. The system can detect an entity within an area. The system can determine that the entity corresponds to one or more criteria. The system can identify one or more actions corresponding to the one or more criteria and a state of the area. The system can actuate one or more of the output devices to perform the one or more actions based on the entity.

US 20250186859 A1APPLICATION
A63B71/06

Systems and Methods for Facilitating Yard Games

Filed:2024-12-07Pub:2025-06-12
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Presented herein are system and methods to facilitate yard games. A system can include one or more sensors such as an image capture device, output devices, and one or more processors coupled with memory. The system can receive a request to initiate a game within an area. The system can provide, via the output devices, a first prompt based on the request to initiate the game and an entity within the area. The system can determine, based on attributes of the entity detected by the image capture device, actions of the entity related to the first prompt. The system can provide, via the output devices, a second prompt based on the request to initiate the game and the actions of the entity.

US 20250140100 A1APPLICATION
G08B21/22

USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO PROTECT VEHICLES

Filed:2024-10-22Pub:2025-05-01
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

A method may include detecting, by a computer executing a machine-learning model, a vehicle located within an area, detecting, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, a person approaching the vehicle, and, in response to the person approaching the vehicle, executing, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, a deterrence action.

US 20250140093 A1APPLICATION
G08B15/00

Systems and Methods of Deterrence Using Intruder Mobile Device

Filed:2024-10-25Pub:2025-05-01
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Systems and method are disclosed for detecting an individual and an identifier of a mobile communication device that may be associated with the individual and for generating a message to be delivered to the mobile communication device. The message may include characteristics of the individual to signal knowledge about and information capture on the individual, which can enhance an overall effectiveness of the message. One or more machine-learning models and/or generative artificial intelligence models may be utilized for detecting the individual, determining characteristics, and/or generating an electronic message.

US 20250139975 A1APPLICATION
G06V20/52

Using Machine-Learning Models to Enforce Restricted Areas

Filed:2024-10-23Pub:2025-05-01
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting, by a computer executing a machine-learning model, a person, and determining, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, that the person is within a first area, in response to determining that the person is within the first area, adjusting, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, a level of monitoring, determining, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, that the person is within a second area, in response to determining that the person is within the second area, executing, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, a deterrence action, wherein the machine-learning model is trained by applying the machine-learning model on historical data.

US 20250131727 A1APPLICATION
G06V20/52

Using Machine-Learning Models to Identify and Deter Package Theft

Filed:2024-10-22Pub:2025-04-24
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

A method may include identifying, by a computer executing a machine-learning model, a moveable object located within an area, identifying, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, movement of the object by a person, and in response to the movement of the object by a person, executing, by the computer executing the machine-learning model, a deterrence action.

US 20250124775 A1APPLICATION
G08B13/196

GENERATING NOVELTY SOUNDS BASED ON A STATE OF A BUILDING

Filed:2024-10-16Pub:2025-04-17
Applicant:Vivint, Inc.

Presented herein are system and methods for generating overlayed sounds to deter perpetration of an event A system can include an image capture device and one or more processors coupled with memory. The system can detect an entity within an area. The system can determine that the entity corresponds to one or more criteria. The system can identify a first sound corresponding to the one or more criteria and a state of the area. The system can play, by a speaker device, the first sound to deter the entity from perpetrating an event within the area. The system can identify a second sound corresponding to the one or more criteria, the state of the area, and the first sound. The system can play, by the speaker device, the second sound to deter the entity from perpetrating the event.

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