Security confirmation system and method thereof

• US 7,227,461 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2004
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Yong-Tae, Baek, Seung-Myun, Choi, Hwan-Jong, Lee, Koon-Seok, Koo, Feel-Young, Kang, Sung-Hwan, Koo, Ja-In
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu; Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham; Lam
• Application Number:
  US10/848,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20050156733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 340/531, 340/500, 340/506, 340/517, 340/525, 340/539.11, 340/539.14, 340/539.16, 340/3.1, 340/3.43, 340/3.44, 700/83, 700/11, 700/17, 702/188
• US Class Current: 340/531
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one security device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, for receiving predetermined security information from the security device, generating a service security data having the security information, and transmitting the service security data, and a user terminal connected to the home master device through a second network separated from the first network, for receiving and displaying the service security data.

Claims

1. A network device to achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, comprising:

a first network interface for receiving data from a photographing device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, wherein the data of the photographing device is either status information in the form of text or image information;

a second network interface for receiving service control data from a user terminal and transmitting service security data to the user terminal through a second network separated from the first network; and

a controller for;

generating the service security data that includes the;

image information, if the service control data includes a user selectable image view command, or

status information in the form of text, if the service control data does not include the user selectable image view command, and

a name of the photographing device; and

enabling the second network interface to transmit the service security data to the user terminal.

2. The network device of claim 1, wherein the first network interface is also for receiving security information from at least one security device.

3. The device of claim 2, further comprising storage to store set information for the security device, so that the security information processing module can make the service security data additionally have the set information.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the set information further comprises an installation position of the security device.

5. The device of either claim 1 or 3, wherein the storage stores a control command for the security device, so that the security information processing module is enabled to include the control command in the service security data.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller further comprises a control command processing module for receiving a service control data having a control command from the user terminal, reading the control command from the service control data, and enabling the first network interface to transmit the control command to the security device corresponding to the control command.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the control command comprises an operation and an examination time and/or interval of the security device.

8. A security confirmation method, comprising:

receiving security information from a photographing device through a first network, wherein the security information of the photographing device is either status information in the form of text or image information;

generating service security data that includes the;

image information, if a received service control data includes a user selectable image view command, or

status information in the form of text, if the received service control data does not include the user selectable image view command, and

a name of the photographing device;

enabling a second network interface to transmit the service security data; and

transmitting the service security data to a user terminal through the second network.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving security information from at least one security device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving security information from at least one security device on the first network;

receiving a service control data having a control command addressed to the at least one security device through the second network;

reading the control command from the service control data; and

transmitting the control command to the at least one security device through the first network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the control command comprises an operation and an examination time and/or interval of the security device.