Systems and methods to faciliate replacement of depleted batteries
First Claim
1. A method to facilitate battery replacement in a smart-home system comprising a plurality of smart-home devices in a home, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a first smart-home device of the plurality of smart-home devices, using an on-board battery health module, a voltage of a first battery contained in the first smart-home device;
determining from the measured voltage, by one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted;
responsive to determining that replacement of the first battery is warranted, sending, by the one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery for the first smart-home device;
reading, using a camera of one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a machine readable barcode that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery;
accessing, by the one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a battery order database based on reading the machine readable barcode that accompanies the shipment of the replacement battery;
determining, based at least in part on information retrieved from the battery order database, a name of the first smart-home device and a location of the first smart-home device within the home, wherein the location is indicative of a name of a room in the home in which the first smart-home device is located;
providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a user interface that displays information to a user that guides the user to said location of the first smart-home device, the user interface indicating the name of first smart-home device and the name of the room in which the first smart-home device is located, wherein the first smart-home device is distinct from the smart-home device of the one or more of the plurality of smart home devices that provides the user interface; and
receiving, by the first smart-home device, the replacement battery such that the first smart-home device is powered using the replacement battery.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a method facilitates battery replacement in a smart-home system. The method includes measuring, by one or more smart-home devices, at least one characteristic of a first battery in one of the smart-home devices, and determining from the at least one characteristic, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted. If replacement is warranted, the method sends an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery. The method further includes reading, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a machine readable code that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery, embodying information from which an identity of the first smart-home device can be determined; determining, based at least in part on the information, a location of the first smart-home device; and providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, visual and/or audible information to guide a user to the first smart-home device.
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1. A method to facilitate battery replacement in a smart-home system comprising a plurality of smart-home devices in a home, the method comprising:
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measuring, by a first smart-home device of the plurality of smart-home devices, using an on-board battery health module, a voltage of a first battery contained in the first smart-home device; determining from the measured voltage, by one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted; responsive to determining that replacement of the first battery is warranted, sending, by the one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery for the first smart-home device; reading, using a camera of one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a machine readable barcode that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery; accessing, by the one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a battery order database based on reading the machine readable barcode that accompanies the shipment of the replacement battery; determining, based at least in part on information retrieved from the battery order database, a name of the first smart-home device and a location of the first smart-home device within the home, wherein the location is indicative of a name of a room in the home in which the first smart-home device is located; providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a user interface that displays information to a user that guides the user to said location of the first smart-home device, the user interface indicating the name of first smart-home device and the name of the room in which the first smart-home device is located, wherein the first smart-home device is distinct from the smart-home device of the one or more of the plurality of smart home devices that provides the user interface; and receiving, by the first smart-home device, the replacement battery such that the first smart-home device is powered using the replacement battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A smart-home system that recognizes and facilitates replacement of batteries in devices in a home, comprising:
a plurality of smart-home devices configured for wireless communication with one another, the plurality of smart-home devices including one or more battery operated devices;
wherein;at least one of the plurality of smart-home devices measures a voltage of a first battery, while the first battery is in operation within a first smart-home device of the one or more battery operated devices; at least one of the plurality of smart-home devices determines, from the measured voltage, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted; responsive to determining that replacement of the first battery is warranted, at least one of the plurality of smart-home devices sends an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery for the first smart-home device; one of the plurality of smart-home devices, using a camera, reads a machine readable code that is received in a shipment of the replacement battery, the code embodying information from which a particular identity of the first smart-home device can be determined, one of the plurality of smart-home devices accesses a battery order database based on reading the machine readable code that accompanies the shipment of the replacement battery; one of the plurality of smart-home devices determines, based at least in part on information retrieved from the battery order database, a name of the first smart-home device and a location of the first smart-home device within the home, wherein the location is indicative of a name of a room in the home in which the first smart-home device is located; one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices provides a user interface that displays information to a user that guides the user to said location of the first smart-home device, the user interface indicating the name of first smart-home device and the name of the room in which the first smart-home device is located, wherein the first smart-home device is distinct from the smart-home device of the one or more of the plurality of smart home devices that provides the user interface; and the first smart-home device receiving the replacement battery. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
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measuring, by a first smart-home device of a plurality of smart-home devices in a home, a voltage of a first battery contained in the first smart-home device of the plurality of smart-home devices; determining from the measured voltage, by one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted; responsive to determining that replacement of the first battery is warranted, sending, by the one or more of plurality of smart-home devices, an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery for the first smart-home device; reading, by one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a machine readable code that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery; accessing, by the one or more of the plurality of smart-home devices, a battery order database based on reading the machine readable code that accompanies the shipment of the replacement battery; determining, based at least in part on information retrieved from the battery order database, a name of the first smart-home device and a location of the first smart-home device within the home, wherein the location is indicative of a name of a room in the home in which the first smart-home device is located; and providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a user interface that displays information to a user that guides the user to said location of the first smart-home device, the user interface indicating the name of the first smart-home device and the name of the room in which the first smart-home device is located, wherein the first smart-home device is distinct from the smart-home device of the one or more of the plurality of smart home devices that provides the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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