BUILDING SECURITY SYSTEM WITH ALARM LISTS AND ALARM RULE EDITING

• US 20200135006A1
• Filed: 10/28/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Costello, Maebh, Fala, Federico, Holliday, Jan R., Pavel, Nicolae Bogdan, Razak, Abdul
• Application Number:
  US16/665,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20200135006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/355 Class or cluster creation or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/358 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/185 Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system

Abstract

A building security system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions, that when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, for each of alarm rules, one or more alarm rule parameters for each of the alarm rules from a user device, receive security system data from a security system, and for each alarm rule of the alarm rules determining, based on the one or more alarm rule parameters for the alarm rule, whether the alarm rule is triggered by the security system data and generating an alarm for the alarm rule in response to determining that the alarm rule is triggered.

Claims

1. A building security system, the system comprising:

one or more memory devices configured to store instructions, that when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive, for each of a plurality of alarm rules, one or more alarm rule parameters for each of the plurality of alarm rules from a user device;

receive security system data from a security system; and

for each alarm rule of the plurality of alarm rules;

determining, based on the one or more alarm rule parameters for the alarm rule, whether the alarm rule is triggered by the security system data; and

generating an alarm for the alarm rule in response to determining that the alarm rule is triggered.

2. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to receive an indication of one or more active alarm rules and one or more inactive alarm rules of the plurality of alarm rules from the user device.

3. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to generate a user interface, the user interface comprising an indication of each of the plurality of alarm rules and an interface element for each of the plurality of alarm rules to activate or deactivate each of the plurality of alarm rules.

4. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

generate a parameter adjustment interface comprising one or more editable attributes defining the one or more alarm rule parameters for each of the plurality of alarm rules; and

receive the one or more alarm rule parameters from the parameter adjustment interface.

5. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise an inactive badge alarm rule, the inactive badge alarm rule being triggered in response to at least one of:

the security system data indicating that an inactive badge was used with the security system a first predefined number of times outside of local business hours;

or

the security system data indicating that the inactive badge was used a second predefined number of times with the security system within a predefined period of time and within the local business hours;

wherein the first predefined number of times, the second predefined number of times, and the predefined period of time are the one or more alarm rule parameters for the inactive badge alarm rule.

6. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise a temporary badge alarm rule, the temporary badge alarm rule being triggered in response to at least one of:

the security system data indicating that a temporary badge was used with the security system a first predefined number of times outside of local business hours;

or

the security system data indicating that the temporary badge was used a second predefined number of times with the security system in a predefined period of time within the local business hours;

wherein the first predefined number of times, the second predefined number of times, and the predefined period of time are the one or more alarm rule parameters for the temporary badge alarm rule.

7. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise an access denied alarm rule, the access denied alarm rule being triggered in response to the security system data indicating that a badge was used and denied with the security system a predefined number of times within a predefined period of time outside of local business hours;

wherein the predefined number of times and the predefined period of time are the one or more alarm rule parameters for the access denied alarm rule.

8. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise a door service alarm rule, the door service alarm rule being triggered in response to the security system data indicating that a predefined number of door forced open (DFO) events for a particular door monitored by the security system have occurred within a predefined time period;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to stop generating a door service alarm for the door service alarm rule for a second predefined length of time in response to the door service alarm rule being triggered.

9. The building security system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise a person of interest alarm rule, the person of interest alarm rule being triggered in response to the security system data indicating that a badge associated with a person of interest has been used with the security system;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform at least one of;

generating a new alarm and sending an email notification to one or more email recipients in response to the person of interest alarm rule triggering;

generating the new alarm;

or

sending the email notification to the one or more email recipients.

10. A building security system, the system comprising:

one or more memory devices configured to store instructions, that when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive security data from a security system, the security data indicating a plurality of alarms;

generate, based on the security data, a list of the plurality of alarms by sorting the plurality of alarms based on a user selected sorting parameter received from a user device;

generate a user interface including the list of the plurality of alarms; and

cause the user device to display the user interface comprising the list of the plurality of alarms.

11. The building security system of claim 10, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive new security data from the security system, the new security data received at a particular time indicating one or more new alarms;

generate a new alarm indicator comprising an indication of the particular time;

cause the user interface to include the new alarm indicator;

receive, from the user device, an interaction with the new alarm indicator;

re-generate, based on the security data and the new security data, the list by sorting the plurality of alarms and the one or more new alarms based on the user selected sorting parameter; and

cause the user interface to include the list.

12. The building security system of claim 10, wherein the user selected sorting parameter comprises at least one of a dynamic priority sorting parameter, a severity sorting parameter, a date and time sorting parameter, and alarm type sorting parameter, or a device name sorting parameter.

13. The building security system of claim 10, wherein the user selected sorting parameter comprises one or more geographic regions, wherein each of the plurality of alarms is associated with the one or more geographic regions of the user selected sorting parameter or one or more other geographic regions.

14. The building security system of claim 10, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

receive an interaction with one alarm of the plurality of alarms of the list from the user device;

generate one or more options for handling the one of the plurality of alarms based on an access level of the user device; and

cause the user interface to include the one or more options.

15. The building security system of claim 14, wherein the one or more options are a first option set associated with a first access level, wherein the one or more options comprise an accept option and a close option;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to;

assign the one alarm to the user device in response to receiving a first interaction with the accept option when no other user devices have been assigned to the one alarm; and

close the one alarm in response to receiving a second interaction with the close option and in response to the one alarm being assigned to the user device.

16. The building security system of claim 15, wherein the one or more options are a second option set associated with a second access level higher than the first access level, wherein the one or more options comprise an second accept option, a second close option, and a select option;

wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to;

assign the one alarm to the user device in response to receiving a first interaction with the second accept option when no other user devices have been assigned to the one alarm;

close the one alarm in response to receiving a second interaction with the second close option and even when the one alarm has not been assigned to the user device; and

perform one or more bulk actions on the one alarm and one or more other alarms of the plurality of alarms in response to receiving a third interaction with the select option of the one alarm and in response to receiving other interactions with other select options associated with the one or more other alarms.

17. A method of customizing security system rules, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processing circuit, for each of a plurality of alarm rules, one or more alarm rule parameters for each of the plurality of alarm rules from a user device;

receiving, by the processing circuit, security system data from a security system; and

for each alarm rule of the plurality of alarm rules;

determining, by the processing circuit, based on the one or more alarm rule parameters for the alarm rule, whether the alarm rule is triggered by the security system data; and

generating, by the processing circuit, an alarm for the alarm rule in response to determining that the alarm rule is triggered.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise a temporary badge alarm rule, the temporary badge alarm rule being triggered in response to at least one of:

the security system data indicating that a temporary badge was used with the security system a first predefined number of times outside of local business hours;

or

the security system data indicating that the temporary badge was used a second predefined number of times with the security system in a predefined period of time within the local business hours;

wherein the first predefined number of times, the second predefined number of times, and the predefined period of time are the one or more alarm rule parameters for the temporary badge alarm rule.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the plurality of alarm rules comprise an access denied alarm rule, the access denied alarm rule being triggered in response to the security system data indicating that a badge was used and denied with the security system a predefined number of times within a predefined period of time outside of local business hours;

wherein the predefined number of times and the predefined period of time are the one or more alarm rule parameters for the access denied alarm rule.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving, by the processing circuit, site data for a plurality of sites, the site data indicating the geographic location of each of the plurality of sites; and

performing, by the processing circuit, a clustering technique on the site data comprising;

generating, by the processing circuit, a plurality of clusters; and

classifying, by the processing circuit, each of the plurality of sites into one of the plurality of clusters.