Mobile user interface for smart-home hazard detector configuration

A method for adjusting a setting of a hazard detector on a mobile device remote from the hazard detector, the method comprising:

• displaying a list of settings for the hazard detector, the hazard detector being configured to detect at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO);
• receiving a first user input selecting the setting from the list of settings;
• expanding a display area for the setting in response to receiving the first user input;
• displaying a current value for the setting in the expanded display area, the current value indicating a value for the setting that is currently in effect on the hazard detector;
• receiving a second user input indicating an adjustment to the setting, the adjustment to change the setting from the current value to an adjusted value, wherein the adjusted value corresponds to an ancillary feature of the hazard detector that is distinct from alarm functionality triggered by either smoke and carbon monoxide detection;
• transmitting the adjusted value from the mobile device to a computer server system via the Internet;
• storing the adjusted value by the computer server system while waiting for a check-in event from the hazard detector;
• transmitting a check-in event from the hazard detector to the computer server system via the Internet, after transmitting the adjusted value from the mobile device to the computer server system, wherein the hazard detector is located at a structure remote from a location of the computer server system;
• transmitting the adjusted value from the computer server system to the hazard detector via the Internet after transmitting the check-in event from the hazard detector to the computer server system;
• and
• applying the adjusted value to the setting on the hazard detector.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having instructions stored therein, which when executed cause a computer to perform a set of operations comprising:

• displaying a list of settings for a hazard detector, the hazard detector being configured to detect at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO);
• receiving a first user input selecting a first setting from the list of settings;
• expanding a first display area for the first setting in response to receiving the first user input;
• displaying a first current value for the first setting in the expanded first display area, the first current value indicating a value for the first setting that is currently in effect on the hazard detector;
• receiving a second user input selecting a second setting from the list of settings;
• reducing the first display area for the first setting in response to receiving the second user input;
• expanding a second display area for the second setting in response to receiving the second user input;
• displaying a second current value for the second setting in the expanded second display area, the second current value indicating a value for the second setting that is currently in effect on the hazard detector, wherein the first current value and the second current value correspond to ancillary features of the hazard detector that are distinct from one or more alarm features corresponding to either smoke or carbon monoxide detection;
• receiving a third user input indicating an adjustment to the second setting, the adjustment to change the second setting from the second current value to an adjusted value;
• displaying a pending indicator for the second setting indicating that the adjusted value is not in effect on the hazard detector;
• transmitting the adjusted value to a computer server system via the Internet, wherein the computer server system is located remote from a structure at which the hazard detector is located;
• receiving a signal from the computer server system indicating that the adjusted value for the second setting is in effect on the hazard detector;
• and
• removing the pending indicator in response to receiving the signal.