Patent ID: 9538578
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B60H,F24F,G01D,G06F,G08B,G08C,H04B,H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a host system that is remote from a monitored location, a configuration command for one or more of a plurality of sensor channels of data, the plurality of sensor channels of data associated with a respective plurality of sensors included together as a suite of sensors in a first of a plurality of sensor node units installed at the monitored location; transmitting, by the host system in response to the configuration command, configuration setup information to a gateway device at the monitored location for delivery to the first of the plurality of sensor node units, the configuration setup information enabling the first of the plurality of sensor node units to activate a first subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data; transmitting, by the host system in response to a request that identifies the first of the plurality of sensor node units, system status information that enables a display of a plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the plurality of sensors supported by the first of the plurality of sensor node units, the plurality of user interface elements grouped together in the display to represent the suite of sensors in the first of the plurality of sensor node units, wherein a first subset of the plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the first subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data provide an indication of a first activation activity, the first activation activity determined from a first user instruction for the first subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data, and a second subset of the plurality of user interface elements corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data provide an indication of a second activation activity, the second activation activity determined from a second user instruction different from the first user instruction for the second subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data; and transmitting, by the host system, detailed sensor data upon receipt of a user initiated action associated with one of the first subset of the plurality of sensor channels of data.