Remote alarm hushing

• US 10,129,733 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2017
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Narang, Smriti, Ramachandran, Prashanth, Wang, Liang-Yun, Stebbins, Andrew William, Logue, Jay D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rushing, Mark
• Application Number:
  US15/807,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20180070222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 340506
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/18 Prevention or correction of operating errors G08B29/02, G08B29/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/188 Data fusion; cooperative systems, e.g. voting among different detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Methods and devices may be used to remotely hushing alarms by receiving an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device and presenting a visual indicator of the alarm event including a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device. A user selection of the hush option is received. In response to receiving the user selection of the hush option, communicating, from the electronic device to the remote device via a point-to-point low power wireless connection between the electronic device and the remote device, a hush request requests that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification and causes an adjustment of the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request.

Claims

1. A method for hushing an alarm comprising:

receiving an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device;

presenting a visual indicator of the alarm event, the visual indicator including a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device;

receiving a user selection of the hush option; and

in response to the receiving the user selection of the hush option;

communicating with the remote device via a wireless connection, a hush request requesting that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

adjusting the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request; and

requesting a hush confirmation as a button press confirmation, a gesture confirmation, an audio confirmation, or any combination thereof; and

receiving the hush confirmation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the alarm event comprises an advertisement packet, and the method comprises receiving an additional advertisement packet for an additional wireless connection from an additional remote device, and wherein the additional advertisement packet for the additional wireless connection includes an indication of an additional alarm event occurring at the additional remote device.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising:

prioritizing the alarm event and the additional alarm event in a prioritized order based on a severity of the alarm event and the severity of the additional alarm event; and

based on the prioritizing the alarm event and the additional alarm event, order presenting the visual indicator of the alarm event arranged in relation to a visual indicator of the additional alarm event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual indicator comprises a circular shape or a rounded shape.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting the visual indicator comprises changing an appearance on a portion of a perimeter of the visual indicator corresponding to a status of the hush request, and wherein the appearance includes a color, or a degree of continuity of the perimeter, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless connection comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of an electronic device to configure the electronic device to:

receive an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device, the indication of the alarm event comprising an advertisement packet;

present a visual indicator of the alarm event, the visual indicator including a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device;

receive a user selection of the hush option;

in response to the reception of the user selection of the hush option;

request a hush confirmation as a button press confirmation, a gesture confirmation, an audio confirmation, or any combination thereof;

receive the hush confirmation; and

in response to the reception of the hush confirmation;

communicate, with the remote device via a wireless connection, a hush request requesting that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

adjust the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request; and

receive an additional advertisement packet for an additional wireless connection from an additional remote device, the additional advertisement packet for the additional wireless connection including an indication of an additional alarm event occurring at the additional remote device.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to:

prioritize the alarm event and the additional alarm event in a prioritized order based on severity of the alarm event and the severity of the additional alarm event; and

based on the prioritized order of the alarm event and the additional alarm event, present the visual indicator of the alarm event arranged in relation to a visual indicator of the additional alarm event.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the visual indicator comprises a circular shape or a rounded shape.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the adjustment of the visual indicator comprises changing an appearance on a portion of a perimeter of the visual indicator corresponding to a status of the hush request, and wherein the appearance includes a color, or a degree of continuity of the perimeter, or a combination thereof.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the wireless connection comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection.

12. An electronic device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to;

receive an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device;

present a visual indicator of the alarm event, the visual indicator comprising a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device;

receive a user selection of the hush option; and

in response to the received user selection of the hush option;

communicate, from the electronic device to the remote device via a wireless connection between the electronic device and the remote device, a hush request requesting that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

adjust the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request;

receive a hush response from the remote device indicating whether the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

determine from the hush response whether the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification; and

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification, close the wireless connection to the remote device.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to:

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification, indicate via a display that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

or

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has not altered its audible and/or visual alarm notifications, indicate via the display that the alarm event has not been hushed.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the visual indicator comprises a circular shape or a rounded shape.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the adjustment of the visual indicator comprises changing an appearance on a portion of a perimeter of the visual indicator corresponding to a status of the hush request, and wherein the appearance includes a color, or a degree of continuity of the perimeter, or a combination thereof.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the indication of the alarm event comprises an advertisement packet, the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to receive an additional advertisement packet for an additional wireless connection from an additional remote device, and wherein the additional advertisement packet for the additional wireless connection includes an indication of an additional alarm event occurring at the additional remote device.

17. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of an electronic device to configure the electronic device to:

receive an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device;

present a visual indicator of the alarm event, the visual indicator comprising a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device;

receive a user selection of the hush option; and

in response to the received user selection of the hush option;

communicate, from the electronic device to the remote device via a wireless connection between the electronic device and the remote device, a hush request requesting that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

adjust the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request;

receive a hush response from the remote device indicating whether the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification, indicate via the display that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification; and

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has not altered its audible and/or visual alarm notifications, indicate via the display that the alarm event has not been hushed.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 17, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to:

determine from the hush response whether the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification; and

if the hush response indicates that the remote device has altered its audible and/or visual alarm notification, close the wireless connection to the remote device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the visual indicator comprises a circular shape or a rounded shape, wherein the adjustment of the visual indicator comprises changing an appearance on a portion of a perimeter of the visual indicator corresponding to a status of the hush request, and wherein the appearance includes a color, or a degree of continuity of the perimeter, or a combination thereof.

20. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors of an electronic device to configure the electronic device to:

receive an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device, the indication of the alarm event comprising an advertisement packet;

present a visual indicator of the alarm event, the visual indicator including a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device;

receive a user selection of the hush option; and

in response to the reception of the user selection of the hush option;

communicate, with the remote device via a wireless connection, a hush request requesting that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification;

adjust the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request;

receive an additional advertisement packet for an additional wireless connection from an additional remote device, the additional advertisement packet for the additional wireless connection including an indication of an additional alarm event occurring at the additional remote device;

prioritize the alarm event and the additional alarm event in a prioritized order based on severity of the alarm event and the severity of the additional alarm event; and

based on the prioritized order of the alarm event and the additional alarm event, present the visual indicator of the alarm event arranged in relation to a visual indicator of the additional alarm event.

21. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 20, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the electronic device to:

in response to the reception of the user selection of the hush option;

request a hush confirmation as a button press confirmation, a gesture confirmation, an audio confirmation, or any combination thereof; and

receive the hush confirmation.

22. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the visual indicator comprises a circular shape or a rounded shape.

23. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the adjustment of the visual indicator comprises changing an appearance on a portion of a perimeter of the visual indicator corresponding to a status of the hush request, and wherein the appearance includes a color, or a degree of continuity of the perimeter, or a combination thereof.

24. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the wireless connection comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection.