Security system with embedded HTTP server

• US 6,643,779 B1
• Filed: 04/15/1999
• Issued: 11/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brian Leung, Wah Cheong Hui
• Original Assignee: Brian Leung, Wah Cheong Hui
• Inventors: Leung, Brian, Hui, Wah Cheong
• Primary Examiner(s): Wright, Norman M.
• Application Number:
  US09/292,179
• Time in Patent Office: 1,664 Days
• Field of Search: 713/201, 713/200, 713/202, 713/186, 380/25, 380/23, 709/230
• US Class Current: 726/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0253 using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A security system includes a network adapter that links the security system to a computer network infrastructure to establish a connection to the network. An embedded HTTP server receives and responses to the requests sent from any HTTP client having access to the computer network. A browser-based management module allows any HTTP client that is capable of accessing the computer network to setup and maintain the security system. A browser-based information query module allows any HTTP client that is capable to access the computer network to access the information of the security system.

Claims

1. A security system, comprising:

a network adapter that links the security system to a computer network infrastructure to establish a connection to the network;

an embedded HTTP server that receives and responds to the requests sent from any HTTP client having access to the computer network;

a browser-based management module that allows any HTTP client that is capable of accessing the computer network to setup and maintain the security system; and

a browser-based information query module that allows any HTTP client that is capable to access the computer network to access the information of the security system.

2. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server enables different kind of computers, such as Apple Macintosh, Unix machine, or PC running Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT, to connect to and to access the security system, and to setup, maintain and access the information of the security system, through the standard Internet Browser, i.e., it enables platform-independent operations.

3. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server allows any number of computers to simultaneously access the security system.

4. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server can utilize the existing network resources such as network printers and disk storage.

5. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server enables remote computers to perform remote access from remote sites through standard Internet Browser.

6. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server eliminates the needs for a dedicated PC to connect to and to access the security system.

7. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded HTTP server eliminates the needs for special software packages to connect to and to access the security system.

8. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based management module includes the management software, that enables the use of Internet Browser to setup and maintain the security system.

9. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based management module includes the management software, that eliminates the needs for any additional management software packages to setup and maintain the security system.

10. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based management module enables any number of computers to simultaneously setup and maintain the security system.

11. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based information query module includes the software to retrieve the information, that can dynamically generate real-time access and attendance reports from the raw data stored in the access log database of the security system.

12. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based information query module allows users to access the information of the security system through Internet Browser.

13. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the browser-based information query module enables any number of computers to simultaneously access the information on the security system.

14. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded TP server module implements the proprietary TP protocol to allow the exchange of data between master security terminal and slave security terminal automatically without user interference.

15. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded TP server module enables synchronization of Access Control data across all the security terminals in the same LAN.

16. The security system defined in claim 1, wherein the embedded TP server module allows a centralized database of the access records of the whole security system, by enabling the Master security terminal to collect the access records of all the Slave security terminals.

17. The security system of claim 1, further comprising an embedded TP server module that provides proprietary data exchange protocol for communications and data exchange between Master security terminal and Slave security terminal.