Mobile user interface for event notifications arising from smart-home hazard detection devices

A method for displaying hazard events on a mobile device remote from a detection location, the method comprising:

• establishing a first communication link between a first hazard detector and a computer server system, the first communication link including a first wireless segment wherein data is transmitted and received via a wireless protocol;
• establishing a second communication link between the mobile device and the computer server system;
• detecting a first hazard level that is greater than a first threshold, the first hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the first hazard detector;
• activating a light on the first hazard detector, the light having a specific color and a specific shape;
• transmitting a first hazard event from the first hazard detector to the computer server system via the first communication link, the first hazard event indicating the detection of the first hazard level;
• transmitting the first hazard event from the computer server system to the mobile device via the second communication link;
• and
• displaying the specific color in the specific shape via a user interface executed on the mobile device.

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

• receiving a hazard event generated by a hazard detector, the hazard event indicating that the hazard detector detected a hazard level that is greater than a threshold, the hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the hazard detector;
• displaying a status for the hazard detector, the status including a link for a hazard detector history;
• receiving user input selecting the link;
• transmitting a request for a history of events for the hazard detector to a computer server system in response to receiving the user input;
• receiving a plurality of historical events for the hazard detector as a response to the request, each of the plurality of historical events including a date and a time of when the historical event occurred;
• arranging the plurality of historical events into a plurality of date groups according to the date of each historical event;
• displaying a list of dates, each date in the list corresponding to a date group;
• and
• displaying a summary for each date in the list, the summary indicating a most severe hazard event in a corresponding date group.

A system for displaying hazard events on a mobile device remote from a detection location, the system comprising:

• a first hazard detector configured to:
• detect a first hazard level that is greater than a first threshold, the first hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the first hazard detector,
• generate a first hazard event indicating the detection of the first hazard level,
• transmit the first hazard event to a computer server system via a wireless protocol,
• detect a second hazard level that is greater than a second threshold,
• generate a second hazard event indicating the detection of the second hazard level, and
• transmit the second hazard event to the computer server system via the wireless protocol;
• the computer server system being communicatively coupled to the first hazard detector and configured to:
• store a plurality of accounts, each account being associated with at least one hazard detector,
• receive the first hazard event,
• determine that the first hazard detector transmitted the first hazard event,
• determine that the first hazard detector is associated with a first account,
• determine that the mobile device is authorized to access the first account,
• transmit the first hazard event to the mobile device,
• receive the second hazard event,
• determine that the first hazard detector transmitted the second hazard event, and
• transmit the second hazard event to the mobile device;
• and
• a user interface executed on the mobile device that is communicatively coupled to the computer server system, the user interface being configured to:
• display a list of event groups including the first event group, and
• receive user input selecting the first event group, wherein the first hazard event and the second hazard event are displayed in response to receiving the user input, and
• display the first hazard event and the second hazard event in a first event group, the first event group indicating that the first hazard event and the second hazard event occurred in a chain of related events.

A method for displaying hazard events on a mobile device remote from a detection location, the method comprising:

• establishing a first communication link between a first hazard detector and a computer server system, the first communication link including a first wireless segment wherein data is transmitted and received via a wireless protocol;
• establishing a second communication link between the mobile device and the computer server system;
• detecting a first hazard level that is greater than a first threshold, the first hazard level indicating an amount of at least one of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) present at the first hazard detector;
• activating a light on the first hazard detector, the light having a specific color;
• transmitting a first hazard event from the first hazard detector to the computer server system via the first communication link, the first hazard event indicating the detection of the first hazard level;
• transmitting the first hazard event from the computer server system to the mobile device via the second communication link;
• displaying the specific color via a user interface executed on the mobile device;
• determining that at least one of the first communication link and the second communication link is disconnected;
• and
• not displaying a status for the first hazard detector.