Systems and methods for home automation monitoring
Methods, systems, and devices are described for an improved graphical user interfaces suitable for monitoring home automation, security, and/or energy management systems. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may include a summary list of device states, including a security device state. In some embodiments, one or more configurable lists of context-associated state types may be provided. The summary list of device states may include, for example, one or more device state list items associated with a detected context. In some instances, the system may include configuration of meta-devices. Meta-devices may include a combination of multiple devices, multiple meta-devices, or both. In some embodiments, meta-devices may be associated with one or more sensors, feature controllers, and/or security systems. A meta-device may indicate any type of relationship between sensor and/or feature controllers such as, for example, a property feature, a physical location, and/or an area associated with a property.
1. A home automation control device, comprising:
a display;
memory associated with the display;
one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory; and
a graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on the home automation control device, the graphical user interface comprising:
a list of items, the list of items generated based at least in part on a determination whether a first user is located a threshold distance away from a property associated with the home automation control device, wherein the determination is based at least in part on a comparison between a first location coordinate of the first user associated with the home automation control device and a second location coordinate of the property associated with the home automation control device, wherein a first item, a second item, and a third item are determined for display based at least in part on the first location coordinate of the first user and a presence of a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a user account of the home automation control device, and wherein the first item indicates the presence of the second user at the property and an interaction between the second user and a window within the property and is displayed in the list of items based at least in part on the first user being located the threshold distance away from the property and a context configuration associated with the first user, the second item different from the first item and the third item is displayed in the list of items based at least in part on the first user being located within the threshold distance from the property, and the third item indicates detected activity from the second user at a patio of the property associated with a gate of the patio and motion detected on the patio and is displayed in the list of items based at least in part on the first user being located the threshold distance away from the property and the context configuration associated with the first user, the list of items comprising a plurality of displayed items associated with device states, wherein:
at least one displayed item is associated with a property automation device state;
at least one displayed item is associated with a security device state; and
at least one displayed item comprises a non-warning status.
2. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , further comprising at least one displayed item associated with an energy monitoring device state.
3. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein inclusion of one or more items in the list of items is based, at least in part, on a current application context.
4. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the list of items is based, at least in part, on a configurable list of context-associated state types.
5. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein at least one displayed item comprises a device type status.
6. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein at least one displayed item comprises a most recent device event.
7. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein at least one displayed item comprises a current device state.
8. The graphical user interface of claim 7 , wherein at least one current device state comprises a meta-device state.
9. The graphical user interface of claim 7 , wherein the displayed item is interactive.
10. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the home automation control device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.
11. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein at least one displayed item comprises an indication of a presence of a person at the property associated with the home automation control device.
12. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the context configuration associated with the first user identifies the first item for display at the graphical user interface.
13. A home automation control device, comprising:
a display;
memory associated with the display;
one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory; and
a graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on the home automation control device, the graphical user interface comprising, a device view, wherein a first item, a second item, and a third item are determined for display based at least in part on a first location coordinate of a first user and a presence of a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a user account of the home automation control device, and wherein the first item indicates the presence of the second user at a property associated with the home automation control device and an interaction between the second user and a window within the property and is displayed in the device view based at least in part on the first user being located a threshold distance away from the property and a context configuration associated with the first user, the second item different from the first item and the third item is displayed in the device view based at least in part on the first user being located within the threshold distance from the property, and the third item indicates detected activity from the second user at a patio of the property associated with a gate of the patio and motion detected on the patio and is displayed in the device view based at least in part on the first user being located the threshold distance away from the property and the context configuration associated with the first user, the device view comprising:
a device identifier, the device identifier comprising a physical location;
a plurality of device states associated with the physical location, the plurality of device states including a first type of a first prior event detected by a first sensor located at the physical location and a second type of a second prior event detected by a second sensor located at the physical location; and
a plurality of sensor statuses, wherein:
the plurality of sensor statuses includes a first sensor status associated with the first sensor; and
a second sensor status associated with the second sensor.
14. The graphical user interface of claim 13 , wherein the device identifier is a physical area associated with the property.
15. The graphical user interface of claim 13 , wherein the device identifier is associated with a first property feature.
16. The graphical user interface of claim 15 , wherein the second sensor is associated with a second property feature.
17. The graphical user interface of claim 13 , wherein the home automation control device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.
18. A home automation control device, comprising:
a display;
memory associated with the display;
one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory; and
a graphical user interface produced by an application program operating on the home automation control device, the graphical user interface comprising:
a device interface, wherein a first device identifier, a second device identifier, and a third device identifier are determined for display based at least in part on a first location coordinate of a first user and a presence of a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a user account of the home automation control device, and wherein the first device identifier indicates the presence of the second user at a property associated with the home automation control device and an interaction between the second user and a window within the property and is displayed in the device interface based at least in part on the first user being located a threshold distance away from the property and a context configuration associated with the first user, the second device identifier different from the first device identifier and the third device identifier is displayed in the device interface based at least in part on the first user being located within the threshold distance from the property, and the third device identifier indicates detected activity from the second user at a patio of the property associated with a gate of the patio and motion detected on the patio and is displayed in the device interface based at least in part on the first user being located the threshold distance away from the property and the context configuration associated with the first user, the device interface comprising a plurality of associated device views, wherein:
a first device view comprises at least one non-interactive display of a device identifier, the first device view associated with a physical location;
a second device view comprises at least one interactive display of the device identifier, a first sensor status associated with a first sensor located at the physical location, and a second sensor status associated with a second sensor located at the physical location;
the first device view comprises a first toggle control which when selected causes a first transition to the second device view; and
the second device view comprises a second toggle control which when selected causes a second transition to the first device view.
19. The graphical user interface of claim 18 , wherein the first device view and the second device view are associated with a meta-device.
20. The graphical user interface of claim 18 , wherein the second device view are associated with the physical location.
21. The graphical user interface of claim 18 , wherein the home automation control device is a portable electronic device with a touch screen display.