Premises monitoring system

• US 8,378,817 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2010
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Applied Capital, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Applied Capital, Inc.
• Inventors: Fox, Rodney W
• Primary Examiner(s): Medmood, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALAM, MIRZA F
• Application Number:
  US12/695,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20110032109A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.1, 340/531, 340/506, 340/539, 340/5.64, 340/539.18, 340/505, 340/7.58, 340/7.52, 340/10.1, 340/425.5, 340/904, 340/540, 340/541, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/404.1, 455/521, 455/403, 455/550, 455/426, 455/422, 379 37- 40, 379 45- 47, 379/49, 370/310, 370/338, 370/310.2, 370/312, 370/313, 370/328, 370/400, 370/401
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/41 Remote control of gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/42 Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41 Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/434 : Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6334 : for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key wireless communications network key management H04W12/04; wireless communications network access security H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security

Abstract

This invention relates generally to computer systems, and more specifically, to a premise monitoring system. In one embodiment, the invention includes operations of receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems; retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; determining one or more communication methods and/or communication destinations based on the device identifier and/or the device condition; and dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems;

retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition;

determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the device identifier and the device condition; and

dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods; and

wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises retrieving images based on the device identifier and the device condition, the images comprising all of the members selected from the group consisting of superimposed visual indicators, hierarchically organized graphical images, and vector-based graphical images.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems comprises:

receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier for a smoke detector, a pull station, a security detector, a carbon monoxide detector, and a check-in monitor from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving one or more signals containing a device identifier and a device condition from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems comprises:

receiving one or more signals containing a device condition of normal, fault, and supervisory from one or more remote alarm monitoring systems.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including one or more sounds organized on one or more graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including one or more communication links based on the device identifier and the device condition.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the retrieving enhanced information including one or more communication links based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including one or more communication links organized on one or more graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving enhanced information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including written information based on the device identifier and the device condition.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the retrieving enhanced information including written information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including date/time information, account information, premises information, device information, condition information, support information, contact information, linked information, and instructional information based on the device identifier and the device condition.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the retrieving enhanced information including written information based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

retrieving enhanced information including written information organized on one or more graphical images based on the device identifier and the device condition.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

determining one or more communication methods of email, text message, instant message, website link, phone, and mail based on the device identifier and the device condition.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

determining one or more device communication destinations of a personal computer, a phone, a mobile device, a display, and a custom device based on the device identifier and the device condition.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining one or more communication methods and communication destinations based on the device identifier and the device condition comprises:

determining one or more entity communication destinations of an authority, a first responder, a service company, an owner, a manager, a staff, an occupant, a supplier, a customer, a neighbor, and a custom entity based on the device identifier and the device condition.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the dispatching the enhanced information to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods comprises:

dispatching the enhanced information automatically without requiring operator intervention to the one or more communication destinations using the one or more communication methods.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving enhanced information, one or more communication methods, and one or more communication destinations via a user interface that is remotely accessible.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more communication methods and one or more communication destinations from data of a personal device.