System and method for an interactive security system for a home

• US 20070298772A1
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mark Kelly, Steve Owens
• Inventors: Kelly, Mark, Owens, Steve
• Granted Patent: US 7,786,891 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19691 Signalling events for better perception by user, e.g. indicating alarms by making display brighter, adding text, creating a sound
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A system and method for displaying video in a residence. An indication of an alert is received as communicated from a security system of a residence. The indication of the alert is communicated to a cellular telephone. A selection of a television communicated from the cellular telephone is received. The television is selected from multiple televisions located within the residence. A command is communicated to display one or more images on the selected televisions.

Claims

1. A method of displaying video in a residence comprising:

receiving an indication of an alert communicated from a security system of a residence;

communicating the indication of the alert to a cellular telephone;

receiving a selection of a television communicated from the cellular telephone, the television being selected from a plurality of televisions located within the residence; and

communicating a command to display one or more images on the selected television.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images are associated with a location, the location being further associated with the alert and the one or more images associated with a sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a ring tone is selected in response to the received indication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating between the security system and the cellular telephone occurs through the Internet in communication with the security system and a CDMA network in communication with the cellular telephone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images are an alert for a person in a home associated with the security system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a security camera within a home, the security camera generating the one or more images for display on the television.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert indicates a reason for the alert being communicated.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a user menu options to respond to an event for which the alert was generated.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a base menu of the menu options include a base menu for video, contacts, and hardware.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images includes a pre-recorded message.

11. The method of claim 10, the pre-recorded message is a warning or an informative video.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images is recorded by the cellular telephone.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more images may be selected from images recorded by the cellular telephone, images recorded by security cameras in communication with the security system, and pre-recorded video materials.

13. A method of unlocking a door in a residence comprising:

receiving an indication of an alert communicated from a security system of a residence;

receiving one or more images associated with the alert;

communicating the indication of the alert to a cellular telephone;

communicating one or more images to the cellular telephone; and

generating a command to unlock a door of the residence in response to the received selection.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

wherein the indication specifies the door from a plurality of doors and whether the door is to be locked or unlocked.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a voice communication from the cellular telephone;

selecting a speaker associated with the door of the residence in response to received indication; and

communicating the voice communication to the speaker in response to the received voice communication.

17. A home security manager comprising:

an interfacing component for communicating with a cellular telephone through the Internet and a cellular telephone network, the interfacing component being configured to implement commands received from the cellular telephone;

a monitoring component for monitoring the operation of a plurality of cameras within a home, the monitoring component including a plurality of sensors for sending an alert to the cellular telephone; and

a video component configured to deliver video content to a specified television within the home streamed from the plurality of cameras, the cellular telephone, or pre-recorded video content.

18. The home security manager of claim 17, wherein the cellular telephone may present a menu for manipulating the interfacing component, the plurality of power controls, the monitoring component, and the video component.

19. The home security manager of claim 17, wherein the home security manager automatically presents a user options on the cellular telephone for dealing with an event that triggers the alert, and wherein the cellular telephone network is a CDMA network.

20. The home security manager of claim 17, wherein the video content is automatically displayed on the cellular telephone once an alert is received.