Cross-client sensor user interface in an integrated security network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10062245-B2
Application number	US-201514943162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	Mar 16, 2005
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

An integrated system includes a system user interface (SUI) that provides an iconic, at-a-glance representation of integrated security system status. The SUI is for use across all client devices including mobile or cellular telephones, a mobile portal, a web portal, and a touchscreen device. The SUI includes a number of display elements presented across all types of client devices for monitoring status of the integrated security system. The display elements of the SUI include an orb icon, text summary, security button, device warnings, system warnings, interesting sensors, and quiet sensors. The SUI thus provides system status summary information agnostically across all clients. Additionally, the SUI provides consistent iconography, terminology, and display rules across all clients as well as consistent sensor and system detail across clients.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of sensor devices located at a premises; and
a gateway device located at the premises and in communication with the plurality of sensor devices, wherein the gateway device is configured to:
cause output, to at least one remote device, of a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises sensor device icons associated with the plurality of sensor devices;
receive, from at least one of the plurality of sensor devices, data indicative of a state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices;
determine, based on the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices, a priority of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices; and
output, to the at least one remote device, data configured to cause the user interface to output the sensor device icons in an arrangement indicative of the priority of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote device comprises a cellular telephone.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises a security system icon that visually indicates an arm state of a security system located at the premises and enables control of the security system.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the user interface comprises an indication of a text description of the arm state of the security system and a text description of the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the security system icon enables arming and disarming of the security system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices is associated with an event at the premises.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices is associated with a battery of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the arrangement comprises a list of the sensor device icons.

9. The system of claim 3 , wherein the user interface comprises a tab bar, wherein the tab bar comprises at least one display element, wherein the at least one display element is indicative of an informational warning associated with the security system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway device is configured to cause output of the user interface via a mobile portal.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway device is in communication with a plurality of security system components located at the premises.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the user interface comprises an indication of a state of at least one of the security system components.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the state of the at least one of the security system components comprises a warning associated with the premises.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the user interface comprises a security system icon that enables control of the of at least one of the security system components.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a connectivity state.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices comprises an installation state.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the arrangement indicative of the priority comprises the sensor device icons ordered by priority.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote device comprises a plurality of remote devices, and wherein the gateway device is configured to cause output, to the plurality of remote devices and via a web portal.

19. The system of claim 3 , wherein the security system icon comprises an orb icon.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the security system comprises the plurality of sensor devices.

21. The system of claim 3 , wherein the gateway device is configured to determine an engagement, via the user interface, of the security system icon and control, based on the engagement of the security system icon, the security system.

22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the user interface comprises an indication of locations of the plurality of sensor devices at the premises.

23. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device icons comprise an indication of states of the plurality of sensor devices.

24. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices comprises at least one of a triggered state, a tripped state, or a bypassed state.

25. The system of claim 1 , wherein the priority is associated with activity of the at least one of the plurality of sensor devices.

26. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote device comprises a touchscreen device.

27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises security system icons associated with a security system located at the premises.

28. The system of claim 27 , wherein the user interface comprises a tab icon configured to enable toggling between the security system icons and the sensor device icons.

29. The system of claim 27 , wherein the security system icons are configured to enable arming and disarming of the security system.

30. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises at least one icon enabling a transfer of content from the plurality of sensor devices to the at least one remote device.

31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the at least one remote device comprises a touchscreen.

32. The system of claim 30 , wherein the content comprises interactive content.

33. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device icons are configured to enable control of the plurality of sensor devices.

34. The system of claim 30 , wherein the content comprises live video.

35. The system of claim 27 , wherein the sensor device icons comprise an indication of motion, detected by at least one of the plurality of sensor devices, at the premises.

36. The system of claim 1 , wherein the state is associated with a door at the premises.

37. The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor device icons are ordered in the list based on the priority.

38. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device icons indicate locations of the plurality of sensor devices at the premises.

39. The system of claim 1 , wherein the arrangement comprises a grouping of sensor device icons associated with sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices in an active state and a grouping of sensor device icons associated with sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices in an inactive state.

40. The system of claim 39 , wherein the sensor device icons associated with sensor devices in the active state are listed prior to the sensor device icons associated with sensor devices in the inactive state.

41. The system of claim 39 , wherein the sensor device icons associated with sensor devices in the active state comprise an indication of data generated by the sensor devices in the active state and associated with the premises.

42. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensor devices comprise at least one of a camera d

Assignees

• Icontrol Networks Inc

Inventors

• Fulker Jim
• Sundermeyer Ken
• Dawes Paul J

Classifications

• G08B25/10

  using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G08B13/19682

  Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04L41/0253

  using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information · CPC title

• H04L41/28

  Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration · CPC title