# US 2017/0287299 A1 · Event prioritization and user interfacing for hazard detection in multi-room smart-home environment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287299 A1 - Document ID: US20170287299A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/626,352 - Filed: 2017-06-19 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-20 - Assignees: Google Inc. - Applicants: Google Inc. - Inventors: Nina F. Shih; Lauren Von Dehsen; David Sloo; Tyler Moore; Nicholas Unger Webb - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287299A1 ## CPC - G08B 21/02: Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons - G08B 3/10: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 17/107: for detecting light-scattering due to smoke - G08B 25/10: using wireless transmission systems {(G08B25/009 takes precedence)} - H04M 2242/04: for emergency applications - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract Systems and methods for providing spoken messages that reflect event status of one or more hazard detection systems within a smart-home environment are described herein. The messages can inform occupants in concise manner that does not overload cognitive recognition of those occupants. For example, the messages may be prioritized to limit the amount of information that is spoken and intelligently condense information in as concise a manner as possible. This may be accomplished by using one or more speaking paradigms to compile audible messages to be played back through a speaker of the hazard detection system. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -24. (canceled) ### Claim 25 A method for playing back audible messages through a speaker of a first hazard detection system, the first hazard detection system being one of a plurality of hazard detection systems existing within different rooms of a structure, the method, implemented in the first hazard detection system, comprising: when an alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, playing back voice alarms via the speaker and enabling inter-room hushability according to a first protocol; when a pre-alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, playing back voice alarms via the speaker and enabling inter-room hushability according to a second protocol, and wherein the second protocol is such that it hushes all alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command, and wherein the first protocol is such that it does not hush all of the alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, further comprising wirelessly communicating with each of the plurality of hazard detection systems existing within different rooms of the structure. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, further comprising compiling the voice alarms based on at least one speech paradigm that uses the number and the location status as factors in defining room information. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein a first one of the at least one speech paradigm comprises a plurality of conditions that specify speech paradigms to be used in the audible message. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein a first speech paradigm comprises specific room name identification. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein a second speech paradigm comprises a plurality of specific room name identifications. ### Claim 31 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein a second speech paradigm comprises a specific number of rooms. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein a third speech paradigm comprises a summarization. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, further comprising: activating a buzzer alarm comprising an alarming sequence characterized by buzzing periods and non-buzzing periods; playing back at least a portion of the voice alarm during each one of the non-buzzing periods. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the audible message spans at least two successive non-alarm periods. ### Claim 35 A hazard detection system existing within a structure comprising a plurality of hazard detection systems positioned in different rooms of the structure, the system comprising: a speaker; wireless circuitry for wirelessly communicating with the other hazard detection systems within the structure; and at least one processor coupled to receive data from the other hazard detection systems via the wireless circuitry, the at least processor operative to: when an alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, play back voice alarms via the speaker and enable inter-room hushability according to a first protocol; when a pre-alarm condition exists in a plurality of the rooms of the structure, play back voice alarms via the speaker and enable inter-room hushability according to a second protocol, and wherein the second protocol is such that it hushes all alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command, and wherein the first protocol is such that it does not hush all of the alarms being emitted by the plurality of hazard detection systems when any one of those plurality of hazard detection systems processes a hush command. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is operative to: access a speech logic engine to incorporate one of a plurality of speech paradigms to characterize spoken information that is played back as the voice alarm through the speaker. ### Claim 37 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the speech logic engine comprises a room paradigm that characterizes room information to be included in the audible message. ### Claim 38 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the speech logic engine comprises a condition paradigm that characterizes condition information to be included in the audible message. ### Claim 39 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the speech logic engine comprises a time paradigm that characterizes time information to be included in the audible message. ### Claim 40 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the speech logic engine comprises: an audio library comprising a plurality of audio clips; and a compiler that assembles a series of audio clips retrieved from the audio library based on at least one of the speech paradigms. ### Claim 41 (depends on 35) The hazard detection system of claim 35, wherein the at least one processor is operative to: activate a buzzer alarm comprising an alarming sequence characterized by buzzing periods and non-buzzing periods; play back at least a portion of the voice alarm during each one of the non-buzzing periods. ### Claim 42 (depends on 41) The hazard detection system of claim 41, wherein the audible message spans at least two successive non-alarm periods.