SECURITY SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

• US 20180198788A1
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2007
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc. (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc. (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: HELEN, Adrian, KITCHEN, Jim
• Application Number:
  US14/201,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20180198788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods are described comprising a touchscreen that includes a processor coupled to a security system at a premises. A plurality of user interfaces presented via the touchscreen includes a security interface and a network interface. The security interface provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system. The network interface provides access to network devices. The network devices are located at the premises and are coupled to the touchscreen. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the gateway and comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the gateway and the security system. The security server is coupled to a social networking platform by which the data collected by the security system is disseminated to select members of the social networking platform.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a security system located at a premises, wherein the security system is configured to;

determine a premises event at the premises,

generate first event data associated with the premises event, and

generate second event data associated with the premises event;

a touchscreen device located at the premises and in communication with the security system, wherein the touchscreen device configured to;

receive, from the security system, the first event data and the second event data,

determine that the first event data and the second event data are associated with the premises event, and

determine one or more users associated with the premises; and

a security server in communication with the touchscreen device and located external to the premises, wherein the security server is configured to;

receive, from the touchscreen device, an indication of the one or more users,

enable a remote client device to access, via one or more social networking platform accounts associated with the one or more users, at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the premises event comprises at least one of a triggering of an alarm at the premises, a change of state of a premises management device at the premises, or a detection of motion at the premises.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first event data or the second event data comprises audio content or visual content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the premises comprises a plurality of houses,

wherein the security system comprises a plurality of premises management devices, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of premises management devices is located at each of the plurality of houses.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the security system comprises a central monitoring station and a plurality of premises management devices,

wherein the central monitoring station is configured to communicate with the plurality of premises management devices and the touchscreen device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the central monitoring station is further configured to receive an indication of the premises event and cause, based on the indication of the premises event, at least one of the plurality of premises management devices to generate at least one of the first event data or the second event data.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the first event data comprises video of the premises event from a first perspective;

wherein the second event data comprises video of the premises event from a second perspective different than the first perspective.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the first event data comprises a first partial image of the premises event;

and

wherein the second event data comprises a second partial image of the premises event different than the first partial image.

5. (canceled)

6. (canceled)

9. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to;

receive, from a security system located at a premises, first event data and second event data;

determining that the first event data and the second event data are associated with a premises event at the premises;

determine one or more users associated with the premises;

and

cause distribution, via a social networking platform and to the one or more users, of one or more of at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions that, when executed, cause the device to cause distribution of one or more of the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data cause the device to cause output of an aggregate of the at least a portion of the first event data and the at least a portion of the second event data.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions that, when executed, cause the device to cause distribution of the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data cause the device to send, to a device located external to the premises, the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data, wherein the device located external to the premises is associated with the social networking platform.

10. (canceled)

12. (canceled)

13. (canceled)

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device and from a security system located at a premises, first event data and second event data;

determining that the first event data and the second event data are associated with a premises event at the premises;

determining one or more users associated with the premises;

and

causing distribution, via a social networking platform and to the one or more users, of at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first event data comprises first content and the second event data comprises second content;

and

wherein the causing distribution of the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data comprises causing at least one of the first content or the second content to stream from the security system and to a remote device associated with the social networking platform.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing distribution of the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data comprises encrypting the indication of the premises event and sending, to a remote device associated with the social networking platform, the encrypted indication of the premises event.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the causing distribution of the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data comprises uploading the at least a portion of the first event data or the second event data to the social networking platform.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining that the first event data and the second event data are associated with the premises event comprises determining that the first event data comprises video of the premises event from an first angle and determining that the second event data comprises video of the premises event from a second angle different than the first angle.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining that the first event data and the second event data are associated with the premises event comprises:

determining a location of the premises associated with the premises event; and

determining that a first security device associated with the security system that generated the first event data is located at the location; and

determining that a second security device associated with the security system that generated the second event data is located at the location.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the first event data is generated by a first security device associated with the security system;

wherein the second event data is generated by a second security device associated with the security system different than the first security device;

wherein the first security device and the second security device are located at different positions at the premises.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the determining that the first event data and the second event data are associated with the premises event is based on a location of the premises event and the positions of the first security device and the second security device at the premises.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the first security device and the second security device each comprise at least one of a camera device, a sensor device, or an audio device.

19. (canceled)