METHOD OF ESTABLISHING VIRTUAL SECURITY KEYPAD SESSION FROM A MOBILE DEVICE USING JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE

• US 20090232307A1
• Filed: 03/11/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Malone, Steve, Blum, William R., Romanczyk, Piotr
• Application Number:
  US12/046,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20090232307A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0464 using hop-by-hop encryption, i.e. wherein an intermediate entity decrypts the information and re-encrypts it before forwarding it
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

A system and method are provided that allow mobile devices to securely communicate over wireless network with one or more security system control panels for controlling the security systems remotely. A mobile device may include an application or software that presents a virtual security keypad to the user on the mobile device for entering data or receiving data as if the user were directly using a security system control panel at a premise being secured. Mobile device communicates with a network operating center system using encrypted communication. The network operating decrypts the communication from the mobile device and sends it to a security system control panel. The network operating center system receives responses from the security system control panel, encrypts the responses and sends to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

establishing an application operable to execute on a virtual machine on a mobile device, said application enabled to present virtual security keypad on said mobile device; and

allowing a user to input data on the mobile device via the application to control a remote security system, said application encrypting said input data and communicating said encrypted input data as one or more requests over wireless communication network, said application further receiving one or more encrypted response data representing one or more responses from said remote security system, said application further decrypting and presenting said encrypted response data on the virtual security keypad.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said application is a Java™

application and said virtual machine is a Java™

virtual machine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said application is Midlet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said wireless communication network includes Internet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said encrypted input data are sent over hypertext transfer protocol and said encrypted response data are received over hypertext transfer protocol.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said input data are encrypted using AES.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said response data are encrypted using AES.

8. A method of establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a request to initiate a session from a mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad;

establishing a connection with a security control panel of a security system securing a premise identified in the request;

receiving one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device;

unpacking and decrypting said one or more encrypted requests;

sending said unpacked and decrypted requests to said security control panel;

receiving one or more responses from said security control panel;

encrypting said one or more responses; and

sending said encrypted one or more responses to the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said request to initiate a session, said one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device, and said encrypted one or more responses are communicated using hypertext transfer protocol over a wireless network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad includes Java™

virtual machine and Java™

application to provide the virtual security keypad.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of encrypting uses AES.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein said virtual security keypad is implemented by Midlet.

13. A system for establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device;

an application executing on the mobile device and operable to provide virtual security keypad, the application further operable to request a communication session with a security system control panel securing a premise, said application further operable to send encrypted communication requests for controlling said security system control panel and to receive encrypted communication responses, the application further operable to decrypt said encrypted communication responses and present said decrypted responses on the virtual security keypad; and

a network operating center system operable to receive said request for a communication session from said application and to establish a connection with said security system control panel, the network operating center system further operable to receive said encrypted communication requests from said application, decrypt said communication requests and send said decrypted communication requests to said security system control panel, the network operating center system further operable to receive responses from said security system control panel, encrypt said responses from said security system control panel and send to said application.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said encrypted communication requests and said encrypted communication responses use hypertext transfer protocol.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said encrypted communication requests and said encrypted communication responses are encrypted using AES.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein said application is Java™

application running on Java™

virtual machine.

30. The system of claim 13, wherein said application is Midlet.

17. A system for establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device;

means on the mobile device for establishing virtual security keypad; and

means for allowing a user to input data on the mobile device to control a remote security system, and for encrypting said input data on the mobile device and communicating said encrypted input data as one or more requests over a wireless communication network, and for further receiving one or more encrypted response data representing one or more responses from said remote security system, decrypting and presenting said encrypted response data on the virtual security keypad.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said means for allowing communicates said encrypted input data and receives said encrypted response data via hypertext transfer protocol.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein said means for allowing encrypts using AES.

20. A system for establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

means for receiving a request to initiate a session from a mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad;

means for establishing a connection with a security control panel of a security system securing a premise identified in the request;

means for receiving one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device;

means for unpacking and decrypting said one or more encrypted requests;

means for sending said unpacked and decrypted requests to said security control panel;

means for receiving one or more responses from said security control panel;

means for encrypting said one or more responses; and

means for sending said encrypted one or more responses to the mobile device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said request to initiate a session, said one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device, and said encrypted one or more responses are communicated using hypertext transfer protocol over a wireless network.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad includes Java™

virtual machine and Java™

application to provide the virtual security keypad.

23. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

establishing an application operable to execute on a virtual machine on a mobile device, said application enabled to present virtual security keypad on said mobile device; and

allowing a user to input data on the mobile device via the application to control a remote security system, said application encrypting said input data and communicating said encrypted input data as one or more requests over wireless communication network, said application further receiving one or more encrypted response data representing one or more responses from said remote security system, said application further decrypting and presenting said encrypted response data on the virtual security keypad.

24. The program storage device of claim 23, wherein said application is a Java™

application and said virtual machine is a Java™

virtual machine.

25. The program storage device of claim 23, wherein said encrypted input data are sent over hypertext transfer protocol and said encrypted response data are received over hypertext transfer protocol.

29. The program storage device of claim 23, wherein said application is Midlet.

26. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of establishing virtual security keypad session from a mobile device, comprising:

receiving a request to initiate a session from a mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad;

establishing a connection with a security control panel of a security system securing a premise identified in the request;

receiving one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device;

unpacking and decrypting said one or more encrypted requests;

sending said unpacked and decrypted requests to said security control panel;

receiving one or more responses from said security control panel;

encrypting said one or more responses; and

sending said encrypted one or more responses to the mobile device.

27. The program storage device of claim 26, wherein said request to initiate a session, said one or more encrypted requests from the mobile device, and said encrypted one or more responses are communicated using hypertext transfer protocol over a wireless network.

28. The program storage device of claim 26, wherein said mobile device implementing a virtual security keypad includes Java™

virtual machine and Java™

application to provide the virtual security keypad.