Mobile Security Monitoring Method and System and an Alarm Security Node In the System

• US 20090231122A1
• Filed: 06/16/2006
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Li, Kista, Yeung, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,081,070 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/524
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• 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 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

A mobile security monitoring method and system and an alarm security node in the system for intelligent security system, where said intelligent security system is activated by a breach in a security zone. This breach will start a video monitoring/recording sequence that is sent out via the broadband to an alarm center. The alarm center forwards this alarm information to a user as SMS/MMS information through a mobile network. The user can view and evaluate what is going on at the security zone and can decide what action to initiate. This will minimize a false alarm generation and thus cut down the costs of follow thru of the false alarm (s) by i.e. an alarm security provider. For security and cost reason, the intelligent security system is the only client of the server-side alarm center. The concept is to use existing IT infrastructure at the security zone for user like W-LAN, broadband, GPRS and mobile devices. A mobile phone can be used for activation and deactivation of intelligent security system based on manual push of a button on the user device. Another aspect is to make the activation/deactivation step dependent on mobile location like GPS or mobile positioning system based on mobile network 400 infrastructures that use the spatial trigger.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A mobile security monitoring method comprising the steps of:

monitoring an intelligent security system including a logic device, plurality of detecting devices and a video device;

submitting information of a physical location of an user device to an alarm center by using a mobile positioning system;

contacting said alarm center via a communication medium device on present location of said user device in a security zone protected by said intelligent security system;

activating measures in said intelligent security system to respond to an alarm condition based on said information of the physical location of the user device;

sending an alarm information of said alarm condition via said communication medium device to said alarm center;

informing said user device of said alarm information via a mobile network;

prompting said user device to provide feedback on said alarm information to said alarm center via said mobile network;

operating on the said alarm information by said alarm center by using the feedback from said user.

20. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that said monitoring of said intelligent security system includes the steps of:

detecting said alarm condition in said intelligent security system;

conveying said alarm condition to said alarm center via said communication medium device;

receiving feedback from said alarm center via said communication medium device;

recording using recording means of said alarm condition;

reacting to requests by the said alarm center via said communication medium device.

21. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that the physical location said user is conveyed to said alarm center using a GPS functionality.

22. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that at least one of said monitoring means are activated by change in said physical location of said user device in respect to said security zone protected by said intelligent security system, confirmed by said user device mobile positioning system.

23. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that at least one of said monitoring means are activated by change in said physical location of said user device in respect to said security zone protected by said intelligent security system, confirmed by said user device said GPS functionality.

24. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that said alarm center is aware of said user device presence in said intelligent security system via said GPS functionality.

25. A mobile security monitoring method according to claim 19, characterized in that said alarm information comprises a text alarm information and/or a video alarm information.

26. A mobile security monitoring system characterized by:

an intelligent security system comprising;

a monitoring device for monitoring a security zone;

a plurality of detecting devices for detecting an alarm condition;

a video device for recording said alarm condition; and

a logic control device for reporting said alarm condition and an alarm information;

an output means for sending said alarm condition and said alarm information;

a communication medium device comprising either a broadband, a ground based telephony, a GPRS, a WLAN, a high-speed wireless system or a combination thereof for transmitting said alarm condition and said alarm information to an;

alarm center comprising an application server;

wherein said alarm center is arranged to receive said alarm condition and said alarm information via said communication medium device from said intelligent security system;

the alarm center is further connectable to a mobile network comprising a service network and a GPRS Core network;

wherein said mobile network is arranged to receive said alarm information via the alarm center and to submit an output as a text or a video information, to a user device and said service network comprises a mobile positioning system and a messaging center such that the mobile positioning system can provide the physical location of the user device to the alarm center, wherein the intelligent security system is adapted to receive instructions from the alarm center of appropriate security measures, wherein the instructions are based on the physical location of the user device and the alarm center is adapted to take action based on feedback from the user device of the outputted text or video information.

27. A mobile security monitoring system according to claim 26, characterized in that said intelligent security system is activated by change in a physical location of the user device in respect to said security zone protected by said intelligent security system, confirmed by said mobile positioning system.

28. A mobile security monitoring system according to claim 26, characterized in that said intelligent security system is activated by change in a physical location of a user device in respect to said security zone protected by said intelligent security system, confirmed by a GPS functionality.

29. A mobile security monitoring system according to claim 26, characterized in that said messaging center comprises a SMS center and a MMS center.

30. An alarm security node in a mobile security monitoring system characterized by:

a first I/O means for accessing an alarm condition that is based on information of the physical location of a user device, wherein the information is received from a mobile positioning system and an alarm information from an intelligent security system via a communication medium device;

a second I/O means for outputting said alarm information to an user device coupled through a mobile network;

an alarm feedback means for getting feedback on said alarm information from said user device; and

an alarm evaluation means for processing said alarm condition and said alarm information from said intelligent security system in light of said feedback from said user device.

31. An alarm security node process in a mobile security monitoring system comprising the steps of:

acquiring a physical location of said user device via a mobile positioning system;

receiving an alarm condition and/or an alarm information from an intelligent security system that is based on the physical location of said user device via a communication medium device;

conveying feedback information and commands to said intelligent security system via said communication medium device;

conveying said alarm information to an user device via a messaging center;

receiving feedback from said user device on the alarm information via the messaging center; and

evaluating the alarm information based on feedback from the user to resolve the alarm situation in the intelligent security system.

32. An alarm security node process in a mobile security monitoring system according to claim 31 comprising the step of:

acquiring said user device'"'"'s physical location also via a GPS functionality.