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Methods and systems for presenting alert event indicators

  • US 10,296,194 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2016
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • at a client device having a display screen, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors;

    obtaining alert events from one or more smart devices at a physical location, the one or more smart devices including a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location, wherein each obtained alert event is associated with at least one of a plurality of predefined activity alert types that include motion, sound, smoke and hazard alert types;

    displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items in a first view, each of the camera event items being associated in time with a corresponding one of the obtained alert events, the chronological sequence of camera event items includinga first camera event item associated with a first alert event, the first camera event item including;

    a thumbnail image captured by the camera corresponding to the first alert event;

    a time of the first alert event; and

    one or more activity alert indicators, each of the activity alert indicators corresponding to one of the activity alert types associated with the first alert event;

    receiving a user selection of the first camera event item; and

    responsive to the user selection;

    expanding inline within the scrollable list the first camera event item into a video player interface; and

    enabling playback in the video player interface a video of the first alert event to which the thumbnail image corresponds;

    wherein the video player interface consumes a portion of the scrollable list and occupies more vertical space on the display screen than the first view, and the expanding inline includes displaying a second camera event item in the first view above the video player interface and displaying a third camera event item in the first view below the video player interface.

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