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US 10,951,507 B1Granted
Network device management technology
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorAlison Jane Slavin
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Abstract
Techniques are described for providing network device management. In some implementations, a native mobile device application enables use of a mobile device to add new devices to a network, remove devices from a network, change network and device profile settings, troubleshoot a network, provide an interface into network devices, communications, diagnostics, etc., and provide remote access to the network for installation, programming, troubleshooting, and inclusion.
Claims19
A system for monitoring network devices located at properties, the system comprising:
- a monitoring system that is configured to monitor multiple geographically separated properties for a user, each of the multiple properties including multiple, different types of networked devices;
- a native mobile device network application loaded onto a mobile device, the native mobile device network application including instructions that, when executed by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising:
- tracking the multiple, different types of networked devices and association of networked devices with the multiple geographically separated properties;
- providing an interface for managing the multiple, different types of networked devices, the interface enabling a display of status of the multiple, different types of networked devices and enabling control of the multiple, different types of networked devices,
- wherein providing the interface for managing the multiple, different types of networked devices comprises:
- identifying the multiple geographically separated properties for the user that are monitored by the monitoring system;
- causing display of the multiple geographically separated properties on the interface in a manner that enables the user to select one of the multiple geographically separated properties, where the multiple geographically separated properties are caused to be displayed as selectable controls that each represent one of the multiple geographically separated properties;
- receiving a selection of a particular selectable control that represents a particular geographic property from among the multiple selectable controls that represent the multiple geographically separated properties;
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- in response to receiving the selection of the particular selectable control that represents the particular geographic property from among the multiple selectable controls that represent the multiple geographically separated properties:
- identifying, from among the multiple, different types of networked devices, particular networked devices associated with the particular geographic property, the particular networked devices being a subset of the multiple, different types of networked devices, and
- displaying, on the interface, a representation of the particular networked devices associated with the particular geographic property,
- wherein the multiple, different types of networked devices include a first device configured to communicate using a Z-Wave protocol, a second device configured to communicate using a ZigBee protocol, a third device configured to communicate using a Bluetooth protocol, and a fourth device configured to communicate over a wireless local area network based on an IEEE 802.11 standard;
- wherein tracking the multiple, different types of networked devices comprises tracking the first device, the second device, the third device, and the fourth device;
- and wherein providing the interface for managing the multiple, different types of networked devices comprises providing an interface for managing the first device, the second device, the third device, and the fourth device.
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