Premises monitoring system
First Claim
1. A non-volatile and non-transient computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable code comprising:
- code receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems;
code retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition; and
code dispatching the enhanced information to at least one communication destination using a communication method to be displayed graphically to a user of the communication method via a graphical user interface; and
wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving images comprising vector-based graphical images; and
wherein the code retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises code retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition, code retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition, and code retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the device identifier and the device condition.
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to computer systems, and more specifically, to a premise monitoring system. In one embodiment, the invention includes operations of receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems; retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; determining one or more communication methods and/or communication destinations based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; and dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods.
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Citations
39 Claims
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1. A non-volatile and non-transient computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable code comprising:
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code receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems; code retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition; and code dispatching the enhanced information to at least one communication destination using a communication method to be displayed graphically to a user of the communication method via a graphical user interface; and wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving images comprising vector-based graphical images; and wherein the code retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises code retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition, code retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition, and code retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the device identifier and the device condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for premises monitoring, comprising:
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providing a central monitoring system including machine-executable code embodied on a non-transient computer-readable medium, said code specially adapting the central monitoring system to receive one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems;
retrieve enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition; and
dispatch the enhanced information to at least one communication destination using a communication method to be displayed graphically to a user of the communication method via a graphical user interface, wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving images comprising at least one of vector-based graphical images, superimposed visual indicators, and hierarchically organized graphical images;receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems; retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition; and dispatching the enhanced information to at least one communication destination using a communication method; and wherein retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition, retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition, and retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the device identifier and the device condition. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A computerized system comprising a central monitoring system including machine-executable code embodied on a non-transient computer-readable medium, said code specially adapting the central monitoring system for receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems, retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition, determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the device identifier and the device condition, and dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods to be displayed graphically to a user of the one or more communication methods via a graphical user interface, wherein the enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises images comprising members selected from at least one of superimposed visual indicators, hierarchically organized graphical images, and vector-based graphical images, and wherein retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition, retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition, and retrieving enhanced information including one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the device identifier and the device condition.
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20. Non-volatile, non-transient computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable code capable of:
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receiving an alarm monitoring signal from a remote physical device, said signal capable of identifying the physical device and its alarm condition; retrieving visual graphics and enhanced information relating to the identified physical device and its alarm condition, said visual graphics including vector-based graphics; and dispatching access to said visual graphics to a computing device via a communications network to be displayed graphically to a user of the communication network via a graphical user interface; and wherein the retrieving visual graphics and enhanced information comprises retrieving one or more sounds based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, wherein the retrieving visual graphics includes one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphics based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, and wherein the retrieving visual graphics includes one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for monitoring alarms comprising:
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receiving an alarm monitoring signal from a remote physical device, said signal capable of identifying the physical device and its alarm condition; retrieving visual graphics and enhanced information relating to the identified physical device and its alarm condition, said visual graphics including vector-based graphics; determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the physical device and the alarm condition; and dispatching access to said visual graphics to a computing device via a communications network to be displayed graphically to a user of the communication network via a graphical user interface; and wherein the retrieving visual graphics and enhanced information comprises retrieving one or more sounds based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, wherein the retrieving visual graphics includes one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphics based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, and wherein the retrieving visual graphics includes one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An alarm system comprising:
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one or more monitoring servers; a physical device located remote from said one or more monitoring servers and capable of providing an alarm monitoring signal, said signal capable of identifying the physical device and its alarm condition; a computing device capable of receiving access to visual graphics and enhanced information via a communications network; and a visual display coupled to the computing device, the visual display capable of displaying visual graphics relating to the identified physical device and its alarm condition, said visual graphics including vector-based graphics; and wherein the visual graphics and enhanced information include one or more sounds based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, one or more images organized in one or more hierarchically organized graphics based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition, and one or more images organized in one or more superimposed visual indicators based on the identified physical device and the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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