Authenticated and functional SMS links

• US 10,447,686 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DICE Corporation
• Original Assignee: DICE Corporation
• Inventors: Dice, Clifford, Corrion, Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): Desrosiers, Evans
• Application Number:
  US15/496,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20170310651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: 726 6
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/121 Timestamp cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements involving time stamps H04L9/3297
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A computer system for creating pre-authenticated, functional URLs within SMS messages is disclosed. The computer system includes a computer having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer. The machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions: receiving a login ID and passcode of an alarm management system user; receiving a specific function to be utilized by the alarm management system user; generating a URL that embeds the login ID, passcode and specific function to create a pre-authenticated, functional URL; combining a text message string with the pre-authenticated, functional URL to create an SMS message; and transmitting the SMS message.

Claims

1. A computer system for creating pre-authenticated, functional URLs within SMS messages, the computer system includes:

a computer having non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by the computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions;

receiving a login ID and passcode of an alarm management system user;

receiving a specific alarm function to be utilized by the alarm management system user;

generating a URL that embeds and codes the login ID, passcode and specific alarm function to create a pre-authenticated, functional URL configured to access a specific web-based portal alarm system functionality;

combining a text message string with the pre-authenticated, functional URL to create an SMS message;

wherein the text message string includes an identification of the specific alarm function,

and transmitting the SMS message to the alarm management system user.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the specific alarm function is a burglary alarm notification.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the text message string includes a time stamp associated with an occurrence of the specific alarm function.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the URL embeds and codes an address of the specific web-based portal alarm system functionality.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the URL embeds and codes a notify type associated with the specific alarm function.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the specific alarm function is a burglary alarm notification, an alarm cancel, an alarm dispatch, or a scrolling history of alarm events.

7. A computer readable medium comprising:

non-transitory memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by a computer, the machine instructions when executed by the computer implement the following functions;

receiving a login ID and passcode of an alarm management system user;

receiving a specific alarm function to be utilized by the alarm management system user;

generating a URL that embeds and codes the login ID, passcode and specific alarm function to create a pre-authenticated, functional URL configured to access specific web-based portal alarm system functionality;

combining a text message string with the pre-authenticated, functional URL to create an SMS message;

wherein the text message string includes an identification of the specific alarm function,

and transmitting the SMS message to the alarm management system user.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the specific alarm function is a burglary alarm notification.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the text message string includes a time stamp associated with an occurrence of the specific alarm function.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the URL embeds and codes an address of the specific web-based portal alarm system functionality.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the URL embeds and codes a notify type associated with the specific alarm function.

12. A method for creating pre-authenticated, functional URLs within SMS messages, the method comprising:

receiving a login ID and passcode of an alarm management system user;

receiving a specific alarm function to be utilized by the alarm management system user;

generating a URL that embeds and codes the login ID, passcode and specific alarm function to create a pre-authenticated, functional URL configured to access specific web-based portal alarm system functionality;

combining a text message string with the pre-authenticated, functional URL to create an SMS message;

wherein the text message string includes an identification of the specific alarm function,

and transmitting the SMS message to the alarm management system user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the specific alarm function is a burglary alarm notification.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the text message string includes a time stamp associated with an occurrence of the specific alarm function that is embedded and coded into the URL.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the text message string includes a time stamp associated with an occurrence of the specific alarm function.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the URL embeds and codes an address of the specific web-based portal alarm system functionality.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the URL embeds and codes a notify type associated with the specific alarm function.