SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOME AUTOMATION MONITORING

• US 20150074582A1
• Filed: 09/09/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shearer, Wade
• Granted Patent: US 10,944,586 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/12 The local stationary network supplying a household or a building
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described for an improved graphical user interfaces suitable for monitoring home automation, security, and/or energy management systems. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may include a summary list of device states, including a security device state. In some embodiments, one or more configurable lists of context-associated state types may be provided. The summary list of device states may include, for example, one or more device state list items associated with a detected context. In some instances, the system may include configuration of meta-devices. Meta-devices may include a combination of multiple devices, multiple meta-devices, or both. In some embodiments, meta-devices may be associated with one or more sensors, feature controllers, and/or security systems. A meta-device may indicate any type of relationship between sensor and/or feature controllers such as, for example, a property feature, a physical location, and/or an area associated with a property.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on a computing device having a display, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a list of items, the list of items comprising a plurality of displayed items associated with device states, wherein;

at least one displayed item is associated with a property automation device state;

at least one displayed item is associated with a security device state; and

at least one displayed item comprises a non-warning status.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1, further comprising at least one displayed item associated with an energy monitoring device state.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein inclusion of one or more items in the list of items is based, at least in part, on a current application context.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the list of items is based, at least in part, on a configurable list of context-associated state types.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one displayed item comprises a device type status.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one displayed item comprises a most recent device event.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein at least one displayed item comprises a current device state.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 7, wherein at least one current device state comprises a meta-device state.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 7, wherein the displayed item is interactive.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.

11. A graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on a computing device having a display, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising, a device view, the device view comprising:

a device identifier;

a plurality of device states associated with the device identifier; and

a plurality of sensor statuses, wherein;

the plurality of sensor statuses includes a first sensor status associated with a first sensor; and

a second sensor status associated with a second sensor.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 11, wherein the device identifier is a physical location.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 11, wherein the device identifier is a physical area associated with a property.

14. The graphical user interface of claim 11, wherein the device identifier is a first property feature.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 14, wherein the second sensor is associated with a second property feature.

17. A graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on a computing device having a display a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a device interface, the device interface comprising a plurality of associated device views, wherein;

a first device view comprises at least one non-interactive device status item;

a second device view comprises at least one interactive device setting;

the first device view comprises a first toggle control which when selected causes a first transition to the second device view; and

the second device view comprises a second toggle control which when selected causes a second transition to the first device view.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 17, wherein the first device view and the second device view are associated with a meta-device.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 17, wherein the first device view and the second device view are associated with a physical location.

20. The graphical user interface of claim 17, wherein the computing device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.