Security system and method with modular display of information

• US 20140195952A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Safety Products Canada Limited (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Champagne, Luc, Brunet, Yanik
• Granted Patent: US 10,419,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/16 Security signalling or alarm systems, e.g. redundant systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A user-centric management application system and method for a security system that conceptualizes the security devices and the tasks to perform on the security devices as separate objects with common properties and behavior. Operators of the system create abstract containers, called dockviews, which the operator adds objects to in order to perform specific tasks. Because the operator assigns user access to dockviews and objects, the system tailors system access for both application users and tenants of the security system based on policy objectives. Dockviews have the ability to open in separate application windows to support priority display and isolation of critical management tasks. The system provides integrated user administration, event management and reports capability, a consistent “look and feel,” and system-wide automated event notification via a watchlist window.

Claims

11. A security system, comprising:

graphical user interfaces displayed on user devices, wherein the graphical user interfaces include dockviews for presenting object information for objects in the security system, and include dockview graphical indicators that represent the dockviews; and

an embedded dockview selector of each of the dockviews that enables a user to select between presenting each dockview in either a main window in a browser or in a new window for each dockview in response to the user selection.

1. A method for presenting and displaying object information for objects in a security system, comprising:

displaying graphical user interfaces on user devices including dockviews as dockview graphical indicators, wherein dockviews present the object information for the objects in the security system;

enabling a user to select between presenting each dockview in either a main window in a browser, or in a new window for each dockview, by selecting an embedded dockview selector of each dockview graphical indicator; and

presenting the dockviews in the main window, or in the new window for each dockview, in response to the user selection.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the graphical indicators as thumbnails.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling interaction between the objects in the security system in the dockviews of the new windows, and other applications in the new windows.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the dockviews in response to selection of the dockview graphical indicator for each dockview.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the dockview graphical indicators in a dockview matrix within the main window.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the dockview graphical indicators includes displaying object type icons of the dockview graphical indicators, and wherein the object type icons are associated with the objects in the dockviews.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning users to the dockviews by selecting user assignment selectors of the dockview graphical indicators.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of each dockview in the new window enables users to move the new windows including each dockview across display devices of the user devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of each dockview in the new window enables users to select among the new windows including each dockview using a display manager of the user devices.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding dockviews to a featured dockview list of the graphical user interfaces by selecting a pinning selector of the dockview graphical indicators.

12. The security system of claim 11, wherein the graphical indicators are thumbnails.

13. The security system of claim 11, wherein in response to user selection of the dockview graphical indicators, the dockviews represented by the dockview graphical indicators are displayed.

14. The security system of claim 11, wherein the dockview graphical indicators include object type icons for the objects in the security system associated with the dockviews.

15. The security system of claim 11, wherein the dockview graphical indicators include user assignment selectors for assigning users to the dockviews.

16. The security system of claim 11, further comprising a featured dockview list of the graphical user interfaces which accept dockviews, in response to selection by users of a pinning selector of the dockview graphical indicators for each dockview.

17. The security system of claim 11, wherein the objects in the security system in the dockviews of the new windows interact with other applications in the new windows.

13-1. The security system of claim 11, further comprising a dockview matrix that includes the dockview graphical indicators.