System for monitoring and controlling an automated litter device

A system for monitoring and controlling a device, the system comprising:

• a) an automated litter device, which is the device, comprising:
• i) a chamber configured to hold a litter to allow an animal to enter and excrete a waste, wherein the chamber includes a waste opening, and wherein the chamber includes an axis of rotation and is configured to rotate about the axis of rotation during a cleaning cycle;
• ii) a support base which supports the chamber;
• iii) a waste drawer within the support base and located below the chamber, wherein the waste drawer is configured to be in communication with the chamber via the waste opening to receive the waste during the cleaning cycle;
• iv) a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to one or more of the plurality of conditions, wherein the plurality of sensors include:
• iv-a) one or more position sensors configured to detect one or more positions of the chamber relative to the support base;
• iv-b) one or more mass sensors configured to detect a presence of the animal within the chamber and a mass of the animal;
• and
• iv-c) one or more waste drawer sensors configured to detect a presence of contents at or above a predetermined level in the waste drawer;
• v) a controller located within the support base and in electrical communication with the plurality of sensors and is adapted to receive the one or more signals;
• vi) a communication module which is a wireless communication module and is in communication with the controller;
• b) a user interface which is a mobile computing device, wherein the user interface is configured to receive a plurality of instructions from a user for the device to perform a plurality of operations;
• wherein the plurality of operations include one or more cleaning cycles, one or more sleep modes, and one or more wait modes;
• and wherein the user interface is configured to illustrate a history of usage of the automated litter device by the animal;
• c) a network;
• and
• wherein the wireless communication module is in wireless communication with the user interface via the network such as to transmit one or more status signals associated with the one or more of the plurality of sensors to the user interface and receive one or more instruction signals associated with the plurality of instructions via the user interface.