Water detection assembly

• US 10,163,326 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hs Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
• Inventors: Billman, Bradly Jay, Scott, Kade, Flachsbart, Matthew T., Matheson, Cory, Ethington, Benjamin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blount, Eric
• Application Number:
  US15/636,220
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 340605
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/045 with electrical detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/18 for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves; for welds; for containers, e.g. radiators
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/183 for pipe joints or seals
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/40 by using electric means, e.g. by observing electric discharges
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/048 for determining moisture content of the material
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/20 responsive to moisture
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/36 Accumulators not provided for in groups H01M10/05-H01M10/34
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/247 specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/32 activated through external addition of electrolyte or of electrolyte components
• 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: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, having machine-readable instructions to pair a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device, receive a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device, receive a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device, and display a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device.

Claims

1. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions to:

pair a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;

receive a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;

receive a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device;

display a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device; and

receive a third signal comprising data indicative of an image of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices is displayed over a floor plan of a structure.

3. The machine-readable medium of claim 2, comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal indicative of a layout of the floor plan of the structure from the user device.

4. The machine-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the fourth signal indicative of the layout of the floor plan comprises data indicating a position of walls, sinks, closets, toilets, bathtubs, water heaters, or any combination thereof, within the structure.

5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal from the user device, wherein the fourth signal comprises one or more addresses to which the personalized message will be sent.

6. The machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the one or more addresses comprise an IP address, a URL, an email address, a telephone number, a monitoring station, or a combination thereof.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal indicative of an indicator of the water detection device from the user device to pair the water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices with the user account.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, comprising instructions to:

receive a fourth signal indicative of the detection event detected by the water detection device; and

send a fifth signal to the user device comprising the personalized message upon receipt of the fourth signal.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the user device to generate a visual representation of the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices.

9. A method, comprising:

pairing a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;

receiving a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;

receiving a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device; and

displaying a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device, wherein receiving the first signal indicative of the location of the water detection device from the user device comprises receiving an image of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein pairing the water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices with the user account via the user device comprises receiving an additional image of an indicator of the water detection device from the user device.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising:

receiving a third signal indicative of the detection event detected by the water detection device; and

sending a fourth signal to the user device comprising the personalized message upon receipt of the third signal.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising:

receiving a fifth signal comprising one or more addresses to send the personalized message; and

sending a sixth signal comprising the personalized message to the one or more addresses upon receipt of the third signal.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the first signal indicative of the location of the water detection device from the user device further comprises receiving a description of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises the user device generating a visual representation of the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detections device of the plurality of water detection devices.

14. A method, comprising:

pairing a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;

receiving a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;

receiving a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device; and

displaying an image of a physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises displaying the image of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices over a floor plan of a structure.

16. The method of claim 15, comprising receiving a third signal indicative of a layout of the floor plan of the structure from the user device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the third signal indicative of the layout of the floor plan comprises data indicating a position of walls, sinks, closets, toilets, bathtubs, water heaters, or any combination thereof, within the structure.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises the user device generating a visual representation of the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices.