Multi-Tiered Feedback-Controlled Home Automation Notifications

摘要

Various arrangements for providing home automation notifications to users are detailed. A selection of a home automation event to trigger transmission of a home automation notification and a first group of users may be received. When the event occurs, the home automation notification may be transmitted to the first group of users. A first communication path associated with each user of the first group of users may be used for transmitting the home automation notification. For a time, monitoring can be performed to determine if a receipt response from each of the plurality of destinations is received. For users for which the receipt response was not received, the home automation notification may be sent via an alternate communication path.

主权项

1. A method for providing home automation notifications, the method comprising:
receiving, by a home automation host system, a selection of a home automation event to trigger transmission of a home automation notification; receiving, by a home automation host system, selection of a first group of users to receive the home automation notification; determining, by the home automation host system, the home automation event has occurred at a home automation device in communication with the home automation host system; transmitting, by the home automation host system, the home automation notification to a plurality of destinations associated with the first group of users, wherein a first communication path associated with each user of the first group of users is used for transmitting the home automation notification; monitoring, by the home automation host system, for up to a defined period of time, for a receipt response from each of the plurality of destinations; receiving, by the home automation host system, receipt responses from a first subset of the plurality of destinations; determining, by the home automation host system, the defined period of time has expired; identifying, by the home automation host system, a second subset of the plurality of destinations associated with a subset of the first group of users from which the receipt response has not been received; and transmitting, by the home automation host system, to each destination of the second subset of the plurality of destinations, the home automation notification, wherein a second communication path associated with each user of the subset of the first group of users is used for transmitting the home automation notification.