Smart home device management

US8375118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jack Jianxiu Hao · Lexington, US
• Guillermo Ortiz · Woburn, US
• Heath Stallings · Colleyville, US
• John Valdez · Flower Mound, US
• Wei Xia · Hangzhou City, CN
• Joseph M. Geiger · Clinton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2642
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A mobile communication device receives information associated with multiple home devices, and generates, based on the home device information, a connected home dashboard that includes a home device item, a modes item, a monitoring item, a security item, and a notifications item. The mobile communication device also provides the connected home dashboard for display to a user, and receives, from the user, a selection of one of the home device item, the modes item, the monitoring item, the security item, or the notifications item. The mobile communication device further provides, based on the home device information and for display to the user, information associated with the selected item.