Alarm reporting

• US 10,565,840 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2015
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vanchev, Plamen, Aluka, Vani
• Primary Examiner(s): Findley, Christopher G
• Application Number:
  US14/939,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20170140620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

Events are generated by a security controller. Video confirmation of the events is routed via a wireline broadband connection to conserve bandwidth in a cellular network. However, when the wireline broadband connection is unavailable, video confirmation of alarms may be routed into a cellular network for processing. Video associated with benign events may be stored until the wireline broadband connection is restored.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by an alarm controller, a security event associated with a security system;

retrieving, by the alarm controller, a video data that is associated with the security event determined by the alarm controller,

querying, by the alarm controller, an electronic database for the security event, the electronic database electronically associating network interfaces and security events;

in response to the electronic database identifying the security event as a benign event of the security events, then conserving a wireless bandwidth by a routing of the video data via a wireline network interface of the network interfaces; and

in response to the electronic database identifying the security event as an urgent event of the security events, then prioritizing the routing of the video data via a wireless network interface of the network interfaces.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving an event identifier from the electronic database, the event identifier electronically associated with the security event determined by the alarm controller.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising selecting the wireline network interface based on the event identifier.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising selecting the wireless network interface based on the event identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the video data via a wireline broadband connection.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a priority in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the security event determined by the alarm controller.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising selecting the wireless network interface based on the priority.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising wirelessly transmitting the video data via a wireless connection to a cellular network in response to the priority.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising sending the video data via a wireline broadband connection in response to the priority.

10. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions that when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining an event by an alarm controller associated with a security system;

retrieving a video data associated with the event determined by the alarm controller;

querying an electronic database for the event, the electronic database electronically associating a wireline network interface to benign events;

if the electronic database identifies the event as one of the benign events, then conserving wireless bandwidth by a routing of the video data via the wireline network interface to a data network; and

if the electronic database fails to identify the event as one of the benign events, then determining that the event is an urgent event and prioritizing the routing of the video data via a wireless network interface to a wireless network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving an event identifier from the electronic database, the event identifier electronically associated with the event determined by the alarm controller.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the wireless network interface based on the event identifier.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly transmitting the video data via a cellular network.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data via a wireline broadband connection.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a priority from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the event determined by the alarm controller.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the wireless network interface to the wireless network based on the priority.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly transmitting the video data via a cellular network in response to the priority.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data via the wireless network interface to the wireless network in response to the priority.

19. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining an event by an alarm controller associated with a security system;

assigning an event identifier to the event determined by the alarm controller;

retrieving a video data associated with the event determined by the controller;

querying an electronic database for the event identifier, the electronic database electronically associating a wireline network interface to benign event identifiers;

if the electronic database identifies the event identifier as one of the benign event identifiers, then conserving a cellular bandwidth by delaying a routing of the video data via the wireline network interface to a data network; and

if the electronic database fails to identify the event as one of the benign events, then determining that the event is a health and safety event and urgently prioritizing the routing of the video data via a wireless network interface to a wireless network.