Water detection assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10163326-B1
Application number	US-201715636220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 28, 2017
Priority date	Jun 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, having machine-readable instructions to pair a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device, receive a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device, receive a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device, and display a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions to:
pair a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;
receive a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;
receive a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device;
display a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device; and
receive a third signal comprising data indicative of an image of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices is displayed over a floor plan of a structure.

3. The machine-readable medium of claim 2 , comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal indicative of a layout of the floor plan of the structure from the user device.

4. The machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the fourth signal indicative of the layout of the floor plan comprises data indicating a position of walls, sinks, closets, toilets, bathtubs, water heaters, or any combination thereof, within the structure.

5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal from the user device, wherein the fourth signal comprises one or more addresses to which the personalized message will be sent.

6. The machine-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the one or more addresses comprise an IP address, a URL, an email address, a telephone number, a monitoring station, or a combination thereof.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to receive a fourth signal indicative of an indicator of the water detection device from the user device to pair the water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices with the user account.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:
receive a fourth signal indicative of the detection event detected by the water detection device; and
send a fifth signal to the user device comprising the personalized message upon receipt of the fourth signal.

9. A method, comprising:
pairing a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;
receiving a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;
receiving a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device; and
displaying a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device, wherein receiving the first signal indicative of the location of the water detection device from the user device comprises receiving an image of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein pairing the water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices with the user account via the user device comprises receiving an additional image of an indicator of the water detection device from the user device.

11. The method of claim 9 , comprising:
receiving a third signal indicative of the detection event detected by the water detection device; and
sending a fourth signal to the user device comprising the personalized message upon receipt of the third signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising:
receiving a fifth signal comprising one or more addresses to send the personalized message; and
sending a sixth signal comprising the personalized message to the one or more addresses upon receipt of the third signal.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein receiving the first signal indicative of the location of the water detection device from the user device further comprises receiving a description of the location of the water detection device from the user device.

14. A method, comprising:
pairing a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device;
receiving a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device;
receiving a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device; and
displaying an image of a physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein displaying the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises displaying the image of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices over a floor plan of a structure.

16. The method of claim 15 , comprising receiving a third signal indicative of a layout of the floor plan of the structure from the user device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the third signal indicative of the layout of the floor plan comprises data indicating a position of walls, sinks, closets, toilets, bathtubs, water heaters, or any combination thereof, within the structure.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the user device to generate a visual representation of the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices.

19. The method of claim 9 , wherein displaying the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises the user device generating a visual representation of the list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detections device of the plurality of water detection devices.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein displaying the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device comprises the user device generating a visual representation of the image of the physical location of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices.

Assignees

• United States Automobile Ass Usaa
• Usaa

Inventors

• Billman Bradly Jay
• Scott Kade
• Flachsbart Matthew T
• Matheson Cory
• Ethington Benjamin D

Classifications

• G06K19/06037

  multi-dimensional coding · CPC title

• G06K19/0723

  the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H01M6/32

  activated through external addition of electrolyte or of electrolyte components · CPC title

• G08B21/20 Primary

  responsive to moisture · CPC title