Remote control of fire suppression systems
First Claim
1. A compute-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer system, information that indicates that a fire has been detected in a building and that a fire suppression system within the building has begun dousing the fire;
automatically disabling, by the computer system and in response to receiving the information, a feature to remotely turn off a water supply to the building;
receiving and monitoring sensor information from one or more sensors located within the building;
determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor information, whether the fire has been extinguished;
activating, in response to determining that the fire has been extinguished, the feature to turn off the water supply to the building, the feature being presented on a computing device for a user who is associated with the building;
receiving, after activating the feature and from the computing device, a command to turn off the water supply; and
transmitting, by the computer system, a control signal that causes an electromechanical device to close a water valve within the building.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, information that indicates that a fire has been detected in a building and that a fire suppression system within the building has begun dousing the fire; monitoring sensor information from one or more sensors located within the building; determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor information, whether the fire has been extinguished; activating, in response to determining that the fire has been extinguished, a feature to turn off a water supply to the building, the feature being presented on a computing device for a user who is associated with the building; receiving, after activating the feature and from the computing device, a command to turn off the water supply; and transmitting, by the computer system, a control signal that causes an electromechanical device to close a water valve within the building.
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20 Claims
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1. A compute-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer system, information that indicates that a fire has been detected in a building and that a fire suppression system within the building has begun dousing the fire; automatically disabling, by the computer system and in response to receiving the information, a feature to remotely turn off a water supply to the building; receiving and monitoring sensor information from one or more sensors located within the building; determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor information, whether the fire has been extinguished; activating, in response to determining that the fire has been extinguished, the feature to turn off the water supply to the building, the feature being presented on a computing device for a user who is associated with the building; receiving, after activating the feature and from the computing device, a command to turn off the water supply; and transmitting, by the computer system, a control signal that causes an electromechanical device to close a water valve within the building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile computing device and from a computer system, a notification that a fire has been detected at a building with a fire suppression system supplied with water from a water supply; presenting, by the mobile computing device in response to receiving the notification, a user interface providing real time status information for the fire, the real time status information being provided by the computer system based on information detected by one or more sensors within the building; automatically disabling, by the mobile computing device when the user interface is initially presented, a feature for remotely turning off the water supply in the building; receiving, at the mobile computing device, extinguish information indicating that the fire has been extinguished; activating, by the mobile computing device and in response to receiving the extinguish information, the feature in the user interface; receiving, at the mobile computing device, user input selecting the activated feature in the user interface; and transmitting, by the mobile computing device and to the computer system, instructions to turn off the water supply in the building, the instructions causing the computer system to send a control signal to a device at the building to turn off the water supply to the fire suppression system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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one or more sensors located within a building that are configured to detect fires in the building; an electromechanical device configured to control a water valve located along a water supply for the building and at a position upstream of a fire suppression system for the building; and a computer system with one or more processors that are programmed to; receive information that indicates that a fire has been detected in the building and that the fire suppression system within the building has begun dousing the fire; automatically disable, in response to receiving the information, a feature to remotely turn off a water supply to the building; receive and monitor sensor information from the one or more sensors located within the building; determine, based on the sensor information, whether the fire has been extinguished; activate, in response to determining that the fire has been extinguished, the feature to turn off the water supply to the building, the feature being presented on a computing device for a user who is associated with the building; receive, after activating the feature and from the computing device, a command to turn off the water supply; and transmit a control signal that causes the electromechanical device to close the water valve within the building. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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