Operating & controlling a security system by mobile phone

• US 20090045952A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sleep Innovations, Inc. (FXI Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Sleep Innovations, Inc. (FXI Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bahari, Habib
• Application Number:
  US12/231,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20090045952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

An operating and controlling system is disclosed to monitor and protect various premises. The premises may include residential, commercial, automobile, boat, airplane or any other property that is to be protected by a security system. A Hand Held Mobile Phone (HHMP) manages and controls the security system through a two way wireless multimedia communication between the security device located at the premises and the HHMP remotely located worldwide.

Claims

1. - A security system including a control panel with dial-up capabilities, security sensors for Detecting security/alarm events in the protected spaces, and a wireless hand held mobile phone for transmitting and receiving data on the status of the security system;

A hand held wireless mobile phone an advance version to include touch sensitive monitor screen, possible in LCD, dial-up numeric/or alphabetic texting buttons to be able to transmit or receive data from the security system control panel, such that the mobile phone can be held in some ones pocket, purse, attached to a belt, or mounted on a secured location;

A security system with a control panel capable of dialing to HHMP in case of any intrusions detected by its sensors or video cameras, false alarm, or general status of the security system;

A security system with hand held mobile phone as a portable wireless control panel capable of receiving ring tone from main control panel to view status of the security system or to view video images from the security system video cameras inside or outside of the protested premises;

A security system with hand held mobile phone as a portable wireless control panel capable of transmitting by dial-up various commands to the main control panel, commands are sent by numeric codes or texting which can be transmitted into commands inside the main control panel, some of the commands are turn on, turn off, display images, view video images, and sensors status; and

A security system with hand held mobile phone (portable control panel) and a main control panel with dial-up capability is able to transmit or receive back and forth through wireless telephone network any where nationally or inter nationally.

2. - The security system of claim 1, where the security system includes at least one security video camera for taking video frames and hand held wireless mobile phone with a capable of displaying the video frames taken by a least one security video camera.

3. - The security system of claim 1, wherein a user name ID and Password must be enter for the security system HHMP and main control panel transmit and receive data.

4. - The security system of claim 1, wherein a security system video camera is positioned to view area with obscured visibility, and the wireless hand held mobile phone monitor and display are used to view the areas with obscured visibility.

5. - The security system of claim 1, wherein the security system includes a modem and a telephone line or cable connection to allow bi-directional data communications over the telephone line or cable connection.