Cross-client sensor user interface in an integrated security network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10156959-B2
Application number	US-53953709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2009
Priority date	Mar 16, 2005
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

A system user interface (SUI) provides an iconic, at-a-glance representation of security system status. The SUI is for use across all client types, and includes numerous display elements presented across all types of client devices used to monitor status of the security system. The display elements of the SUI include an orb icon, text summary, arm button, device and system warnings, interesting sensors, and quiet sensors. The SUI provides system status summary information (e.g., security and sensors) uniformly across all clients. The SUI provides consistent iconography, terminology, and display rules across all clients as well as consistent sensor and system detail across clients. The SUI also includes an interactive Timeline interface, a widget-based Slideshow timeline interface, and a graphical interface for managing schedules, set points, and controls for lighting and thermostats and general energy usage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a gateway device in communication, via a first network, with one or more automation components, and wherein the gateway device is in communication, via a second network, with a security system and configured to control one or more security system components of the security system; and
an interface device in communication with the gateway device, wherein the interface device comprises a display and is configured to output, via the display, a plurality of interfaces comprising:
a security user interface comprising a first set of interface elements configured to control, via the gateway device, the security system,
an automation user interface comprising a second set of interface elements configured to control, via the gateway device, the one or more automation components, and
a timeline editor interface configured to receive user input indicating one or more of the plurality of interfaces to be output via the interface device and indicating corresponding times to output the one or more of the plurality of interfaces via the interface device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of interface elements comprises first control icons configured to control the one or more security system components and access data of the security system, and wherein the second set of interface elements comprise second control icons configured to control the one or more automation components and access data of the one or more automation components.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interfaces comprises a timeline user interface comprising a variable-length timeline of a component state of one or more of: at least one of the one or more security system components, or at least one of the one or more automation components.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the timeline user interface is configured to display a dynamically changeable time scale of the variable-length timeline in response to a user input via the timeline user interface.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the variable-length timeline comprises a photo and a video indicative of an event.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the component state comprises a state of an alarm panel of the security system.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the component state comprises a state of one or more energy management components comprising one or more of a device controller, a system controller, a lighting controller, or a temperature controller.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the timeline editor interface is configured to determine a slideshow animation configured to represent one or more of: events detected by the one or more security system components, or events of the one or more automation components.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interface device comprises one or more of a touchscreen, a television, a remote client device display, a personal computer display, a cellular telephone display, or a personal digital assistant display.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of interfaces comprise a plurality of widgets, and wherein the timeline editor interface comprises a widget palette, a preview screen, and a slideshow timeline tool,
wherein the widget palette comprises a widget icon and descriptive text corresponding to at least one widget of the plurality of widgets comprising a clock widget, a calendar widget, a photo widget, a news widget, a weather widget, a sports widget, a stock widget, a ticker widget, an event widget, and a traffic widget.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the event widget is associated with events detected by the one or more security system components.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein one or more of the plurality of widgets correspond to the one or more security system components.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein one or more of the plurality of widgets correspond to the one or more automation components.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the event widget is associated with actions of the one or more automation components.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein selection, from the widget palette, of the widget icon causes a corresponding widget of the plurality of widgets to be displayed in the preview screen.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the slideshow timeline tool is configured to allow a user to place the widget icon on a timeline,
wherein, based on a placement of the widget icon on the timeline, the slideshow timeline tool is configured to control a start time and a stop time of the corresponding at least one widget of the plurality of widgets.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the timeline editor interface is configured to allow the user to select a plurality of widget icons, each of the plurality of widget icons corresponding to one of the plurality of widgets,
wherein the slideshow timeline tool is configured to allow the user to place the plurality of selected widget icons at intervals along the timeline, and
wherein the plurality of widgets are scheduled for display based on a placement of the plurality of selected widget icons along the timeline.

18. The system of claim 8 , wherein the slideshow animation is displayed in response to at least one of communication from the one or more automation components and communication from the one or more security system components.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interface comprises an energy management user interface configured to control one or more energy management components.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the energy management user interface is configured to display energy usage information of at least one or the one or more energy management components.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more automation components comprise the one or more energy management components.

22. The system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more energy management components comprise one or more of a device controller, a system controller, a lighting controller, or a temperature controller.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the energy management user interface comprises control icons corresponding to the one or more energy management components.

24. The system of claim 19 , wherein the energy management user interface is configured to represent a plurality of control phases corresponding to time periods, wherein each control phase comprises controller states for the corresponding time periods and a plurality of selectable icons configured to control the controller states.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the controller states comprise lighting levels of a plurality of lighting controllers at a location.

26. The system of claim 24 , wherein the controller states comprise a plurality of temperatures of a plurality of temperature controllers at a location.

27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interface device comprises one or more of a remote client device, a personal computer, a cellular telephone, or a personal digital assistant.

28. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote server in communication with the interface device, the remote server configured to manage at least one of the plurality of interfaces and the security system.

29. The system of claim 28 , wherein the remote server is configured to allow a user to configure content of the interface device.

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Assignees

• Fulker Jim
• Sundermeyer Ken
• Dawes Paul J
• Raji Reza
• Icontrol Networks Inc

Inventors

• Fulker Jim
• Sundermeyer Ken
• Dawes Paul J
• Raji Reza

Classifications

• G08B25/14

  Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements · CPC title

• H04L12/2803

  Home automation networks · CPC title

• H04L2012/2843

  Mains power line · CPC title

• H04L12/2818

  from a device located outside both the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007) · CPC title

• H04L12/2809

  indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51) · CPC title