Patent ID: 9639506
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,G09G,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An internet-connected device comprising: a device manager stored on a computer readable storage device; a touch screen interactive display having multiple tiles corresponding to other internet-connected devices installed in a building, the multiple tiles having inter-dependent statuses and settings, the multiple tiles providing dynamic information about a status or settings of the corresponding other internet-connected devices and arranged in a non-overlapping manner about a control panel wherein the control panel displays detailed information about, and an interface to control, a selected corresponding internet-connected device corresponding to a user selected tile, wherein the multiple tiles include a weather tile, a thermostat tile, a security tile, and an energy tile; and wherein the device manager generates the tiles with the corresponding internet-connected device information displayed in the tiles, information of the weather tile including an outdoor temperature, information of the thermostat tile including an indoor temperature, information of the security tile including whether the security system is activated, and information of the energy tile including a graph of energy consumption, and user selection of the user selected tile provides a view in the control panel showing more information including details about the selected corresponding internet-connected device than is provided by the selected tile while not obscuring unselected tiles which are sized to make the dynamic information viewable to the user, wherein the tiles displayed about the control panel are selected for display of information from corresponding internet-connected devices that is relevant to control of the selected corresponding internet connected device via a setting in the control panel.