Method and process for configuring a premises for monitoring

• US 6,748,343 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2001
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vigilos, Inc.
• Inventors: Alexander, Bruce, Antal, David, Grose, Karen, Schebel, Christoph
• Primary Examiner(s): WACHSMAN, HAL D
• Application Number:
  US09/967,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20020052719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 702/188, 702/122, 702/123, 702/182, 702/183, 702/186, 702/187, 702/FOR.103, 702/FOR.135, 702/FOR.134, 702/FOR.155, 702/FOR.170, 709/224, 709/229, 709/208, 709/209, 709/219, 709/211, 709/238, 709/250, 709/203, 709/217, 709/220, 709/223, 709/107, 340/506, 340/511, 340/541, 340/3.1, 340/521, 340/531, 340/825.36, 340/825.37, 340/3.9, 340/286.01, 713/200, 713/201, 348/152, 348/153, 348/154, 348/155, 348/180, 700/17, 700/83, 700/80, 700/87, 700/3, 700/4, 700/9, 345/735-739, 345/741-744, 345/961, 345/965, 345/966, 345/969, 345/970
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for configuring an integrated information system through a common user interface are provided. A user accesses a graphical user interface and selects client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule information. The graphical user interface transmits the user selection to a processing server, which configures one or more monitoring devices according to the user selections.

Claims

1. An integrated information system comprising:

one or more monitoring devices operable to obtain and transmit monitoring data corresponding to a specified premises;

at least one processing server operable to communicate with the one or more monitoring devices, wherein the processing server is further operable to configure each monitoring device; and

a computer display operable to generate a user interface for obtaining a user selection of client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule data and to transmit the data to the processing server;

wherein the processing server configures the monitoring devices according to the client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule data obtained from the user interface.

2. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the user interface is further operable to obtain a selection of at least one user associated with the integrated information system.

3. The integrated information system as recited in claim 2, wherein the user is authorized to provide configuration information to the integrated information system.

4. The integrated information system as recited in claim 3, wherein the user is associated with the selected client and is authorized to accept a notification of a processing rule violation.

5. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selected client is associated with multiple premises, and wherein the user interface is further operable to obtain a selection of all the premises associated with the selected client.

6. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selected location corresponds to a geographic location.

7. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selected location corresponds to multiple monitoring devices, and wherein the user interface is further operable to obtain a selection of all monitoring devices associated with the selected location.

8. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selection of a monitoring device includes a selection of a primary and auxiliary location associated with the monitoring device.

9. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selection of a monitoring device includes the selection of one or more monitoring device attributes, wherein the monitoring device attributes can include default values.

10. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the selection of the user selection of client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule data includes the selection of a threshold indicating a violation of the selected processing rule.

11. The integrated information system as recited in claim 10, wherein the selection of the client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule data includes a selection of one or more notification acceptors.

12. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein configuring each monitoring device includes inserting default values for the client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule data.

13. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the user interface is a graphical user interface displayed on a computing device.

14. The integrated information system as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer display is operable to generate a graphical user interface for obtaining a user selection of the client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule data.