System and method for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing devices at one or more premises
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises, comprising:
- a server system operable to communicate with one or more remote client systems, the client systems being remote from the one or more premises;
a database system associated with the server system and operable to store configuration information for a plurality of devices located at a remote premises, the plurality of devices comprising one or more camera devices and one or more facility management devices;
the server system operable to;
receive from the one or more premises device data for the one or more facility management devices located at the remote premises;
initiate storage of at least a portion of the received device data in the database system; and
communicate, in response to a request received from a particular one of the one or more remote client systems for device data for at least one facility management device, stored device data for the at least one facility management device responsive to the request to the particular client system.
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a system for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises includes a server system operable to communicate with one or more remote client systems, the client systems being remote from the one or more premises. The system further includes a database system associated with the server system and operable to store configuration information for a number of devices located at a premises, the devices including one or more camera devices and one or more facility management devices. The server system is operable to: (1) receive from the one or more premises device data for the one or more facility management devices located at the premises; (2) initiate storage of at least a portion of the received device data in the database system; and (3) communicate, in response to a request received from a particular client system, stored device data responsive to the request to the particular client system.
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41 Claims
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1. A system for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises, comprising:
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a server system operable to communicate with one or more remote client systems, the client systems being remote from the one or more premises; a database system associated with the server system and operable to store configuration information for a plurality of devices located at a remote premises, the plurality of devices comprising one or more camera devices and one or more facility management devices; the server system operable to; receive from the one or more premises device data for the one or more facility management devices located at the remote premises; initiate storage of at least a portion of the received device data in the database system; and communicate, in response to a request received from a particular one of the one or more remote client systems for device data for at least one facility management device, stored device data for the at least one facility management device responsive to the request to the particular client system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises, comprising:
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storing configuration information for a plurality of devices located at a remote premises, the plurality of devices comprising one or more camera devices and one or more facility management devices; receiving from the one or more premises device data for the one or more facility management devices located at the remote premises; initiating storage of at least a portion of the received device data in the database system; communicating, in response to a request received from a remote client system for device data for at least one facility management device, stored device data for the at least one facility management device responsive to the request to the client system, the client systems being remote from the one or more premises. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring, controlling, and managing a premises, comprising:
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a computer system located at the premises and operable to communicate with a remote client computer and a remote server system; a plurality of devices located at the premises and comprising one or more camera devices and a plurality of facility management devices; the computer system operable to; poll one or more of the facility management devices at predetermined times to obtain device data associated with the facility management devices; communicate at least a portion of the obtained device data to the remote server system; collect video data corresponding to video images captured by the one or more camera devices; store at least a portion of the collected video data in a memory associated with the computer system; and in response to a request from the remote client system, communicate video data responsive to the request to the remote client system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. Software for monitoring, controlling, and managing one or more remote premises, each remote premises comprising a plurality of devices, the software embodied in a computer-readable storage medium and when executed operable to:
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communicate to a remote server system requests for device data associated with one or more facility management devices located at a first one of the one or more remote premises, the remote server system being remote from the one or more premises; receive from the remote server system device data responsive to the request; display the device data in a first window associated with a client system that is remote from the one or more premises and from the server system; communicate to a computer system located at a second one of the one or more remote premises requests for device data associated with one or more video devices located at the second remote premises, the device data comprising video data; receive from the computer system located at the second one of the one or more remote premises video data responsive to the request; and display one or more video images of the video data in a second window associated with the client system. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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