SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED POSTING OF ALARM INFORMATION TO NEWS FEED

• US 20120313774A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Sivakumar, Balaji Badhey, Manikandan, Raja, D, Vinoth
• Granted Patent: US 9,501,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/00 Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00

Abstract

A system and method for automatically posting alarm information in a video surveillance system to a news feed is provided. The method includes configuring a plurality of surveillance devices, configuring a notification platform, configuring a plurality of alarm types, and providing a remote notification to a mobile handheld device via the notification platform when an alarm that is at least one of the plurality of alarm types occurs in at least one of the plurality of surveillance devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

configuring a plurality of surveillance devices;

configuring a notification platform;

configuring a plurality of alarm types; and

providing a remote notification to a mobile handheld device via the notification platform when an alarm that is at least one of the plurality of alarm types occurs in at least one of the plurality of surveillance devices.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the remote notification to the mobile handheld device includes providing the remote notification substantially immediately after the alarm occurs.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the remote notification to the mobile handheld device includes providing additional information associated with the alarm.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein configuring the notification platform includes configuring at least one of a web page, a secure web page, a micro-blogging site, and a social networking site.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein at least one of the web page and the secure web page is RSS enabled.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein configuring the notification platform includes subscribing to at least one of the web page and the secure web page.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the remote notification to the mobile handheld device includes creating an article containing a notification of the alarm and information associated with the alarm.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising posting the article to at least one of a web page, a secure web page, a micro-blogging site, and a social networking site.

9. A method comprising:

receiving a first alarm and associated first alarm information from a first surveillance device;

creating an article about the first alarm and the associated first alarm information; and

transmitting the article to a notification platform.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving a plurality of additional alarms and associated additional alarm information from a plurality of additional surveillance devices;

creating a comprehensive article about the first alarm and the associated first alarm information and about the plurality of additional alarms and the associated additional alarm information; and

transmitting the comprehensive article to the notification platform.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the associated first alarm information includes a picture of an area monitored by the first surveillance device.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein transmitting the article to the notification platform includes posting the article on one of a web page, a secure web page, a micro-blogging site, and a social networking site.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising transmitting the article to a mobile device.

14. A system comprising:

executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

at least one programmable processor for;

receiving an alarm and associated alarm information from a surveillance device;

creating an article about the alarm and the associated alarm information; and

transmitting the article to a notification platform.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the at least one programmable processor is capable of:

receiving a plurality of additional alarms and associated additional alarm information from a plurality of additional surveillance devices;

creating a comprehensive article about the first alarm and associated alarm information and about the plurality of additional alarms and associated additional alarm information; and

transmitting the comprehensive article to the notification platform.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein transmitting the comprehensive article to the notification platform includes posting the comprehensive article to at least one of a web page, a secure web page, a micro-blogging site, and a social networking site.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the associated alarm information includes a picture of an area monitored by the first surveillance device.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein transmitting the article to the notification platform includes posting the article on one of a web page, a secure web page, a micro-blogging site, and a social networking site.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the programmable processor is capable of transmitting the article to a mobile device.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the programmable processor is capable of transmitting the article from the at least one of the web page, the secure web page, the micro-blogging site, and the social networking site to a mobile device.