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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Savant Systems, Llc, Hyannis, MA (US);
Arthur A. Jacobson, Centerville, MA (US);
Michael C. Silva, East Sandwich, MA (US);
David W. Tatzel, West Yarmouth, MA (US);
Nathan A. Trapp, Sandwich, MA (US);
Savant Systems, LLC, Hyannis, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a technique is provided managing a plurality of home automation systems in different residential structures. The plurality of home automation systems are bound to a cloud-based residential management system (RMS). The RMS periodically receives status and diagnostics information from home automation systems, and displays, on a web-enabled device, a plurality of RMS user interface (UI) screens. The RMS UI screens provide an all systems view which lists each the plurality of home automation systems, a system details view which shows a summary of status information for a selected one of the plurality of home automation systems, and an equipment level view which shows status information for individual devices of the selected home automation system. At least some of the individual devices are non-network available devices that lack a direct connection to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network.