Alarm signaling technology

• US 10,535,251 B1
• Filed: 05/06/2019
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alarm.com Inc. (Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Trundle, Stephen Scott, Slavin, Alison Jane, Martin, Jean-Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phung
• Application Number:
  US16/404,079
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/02 Monitoring continuously signalling or alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/046 prevention of tampering with detection circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system

Abstract

Techniques are described for handling an event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or destroyed by a disablement tactic, e.g., a “crash and smash intrusion.”

Claims

1. A server comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations;

aggregating the received monitoring data in geographic regions to enable detection of events in the geographic regions;

tracking crime incident data in the geographic regions;

based on aggregation of the received monitoring data and tracking of the crime incident data, identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with a particular geographic region; and

based on the identification of the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region, taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations comprises receiving alarm system data related to alarm system destruction detection.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations comprises receiving alarm system data from alarm systems at the multiple, different monitored locations.

4. The server of claim 1:

wherein identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region comprises analyzing the aggregated monitoring data and the tracked crime incident data to identify a regionalized pattern of events associated with the particular geographic region; and

wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region based on the regionalized pattern of events associated with the particular geographic region.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region comprises correlating different types of events together.

6. The server of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise updating the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region continuously as new monitoring and crime data from the particular geographic region is aggregated and tracked.

7. The server of claim 1, wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events.

8. The server of claim 7, wherein using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events comprises reducing a parameter to provide faster detection of future events in the particular geographic region.

9. The server of claim 7, wherein using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events comprises reducing an escrow period for alarm signals from alarm systems in the particular geographic region based on the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data indicating an increase in a number of alarm system events in the particular geographic region.

10. The server of claim 1, wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises comparing the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to future monitoring data to identify patterns that indicate similar events.

11. A method comprising:

receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations;

aggregating the received monitoring data in geographic regions to enable detection of events in the geographic regions;

tracking crime incident data in the geographic regions;

based on aggregation of the received monitoring data and tracking of the crime incident data, identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with a particular geographic region; and

based on the identification of the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region, taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations comprises receiving alarm system data related to alarm system destruction detection.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving monitoring data related to events from multiple, different monitored locations comprises receiving alarm system data from alarm systems at the multiple, different monitored locations.

14. The method of claim 11:

wherein identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region comprises analyzing the aggregated monitoring data and the tracked crime incident data to identify a regionalized pattern of events associated with the particular geographic region; and

wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region based on the regionalized pattern of events associated with the particular geographic region.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region comprises correlating different types of events together.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise updating the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region continuously as new monitoring and crime data from the particular geographic region is aggregated and tracked.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events comprises reducing a parameter to provide faster detection of future events in the particular geographic region.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein using the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to modify one or more parameters used by the monitored locations in the particular geographic region for detecting events comprises reducing an escrow period for alarm signals from alarm systems in the particular geographic region based on the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data indicating an increase in a number of alarm system events in the particular geographic region.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein taking action for monitored locations in the particular geographic region comprises comparing the regionalized monitoring and crime incident data associated with the particular geographic region to future monitoring data to identify patterns that indicate similar events.