STB/DVR video surveillance

• US 8,451,330 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Brian, Cockrell, Roger A., Jureczki, Elaine, Webster, Thomas Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Donaghue, Larry
• Application Number:
  US13/225,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038767A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor that includes a memory and a controller coupled with the memory. The controller can be operable to provide an electronic program guide for display on a video display device, where the electronic program guide includes a surveillance entry associated with a security system in communication with the controller. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A media processor comprising:

a memory to store computer instructions; and

a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising;

providing an electronic program guide for display on a video display device, wherein the electronic program guide includes a surveillance entry associated with a security system in communication with the controller, wherein the electronic program guide comprises security event information for the surveillance entry, and wherein the security event information comprises at least one of a time of a security event or a location of the security event.

2. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations farther comprise:

receiving a channel selection associated with the surveillance entry;

retrieving surveillance video associated with the surveillance entry from the memory responsive to the channel selection; and

displaying the surveillance video on the video display device.

3. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a detection signal from the security system, the detection signal being associated with the security event; and

transmitting a request for insertion of the surveillance entry into the electronic program guide, the request being transmitted to a remote server in response to receiving the detection signal.

4. The media processor of claim 3, wherein the request for the insertion includes at least one of assigning a virtual channel number, a filename or a start time for the surveillance entry.

5. The media processor of claim 4, wherein the request for the insertion includes updating the surveillance entry with a stop time for the surveillance entry.

6. The media processor of claim 3, wherein the detection signal is generated by a security sensor of the security system.

7. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting the security event;

selecting a surveillance video camera of the security system to capture images associated with the security event;

providing a capture request signal to the surveillance video camera;

receiving surveillance video from the surveillance video camera in response to providing the capture request signal; and

storing the surveillance video.

8. The media processor of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a security event notice to a third party device responsive to the detection of the security event.

9. The media processor of claim 8, wherein the third party device comprises a security service server.

10. The media processor of claim 8, wherein the security event notice is transmitted by at least one of a wireless message or an email message.

11. The media processor of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a security message from a security sensor of the security system, wherein the detection of the security event is based on the security message.

12. The media processor of claim 11, wherein the security sensor comprises an audio sensor.

13. The media processor of claim 11, wherein the security sensor comprises a contact closure sensor of at least one of a door or a window that detects opening of the at least one of the door or window.

14. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the security sensor includes a motion sensor.

15. A tangible computer-readable storage device, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a security message at a set top box from a security system, the security message being associated with a detection of a security event by the security system;

transmitting a security event notice by at least one of a wireless message or an email message in response to receiving the security message;

transmitting a request for insertion of a surveillance entry into an electronic program guide, the request being, transmitted to a remote server in response to the receiving the security message; and

providing the electronic program guide for presentation at a video display device, the electronic program guide including the surveillance entry associated with the security event.

16. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving surveillance video associated with the surveillance entry; and

presenting the surveillance video at the video display device.

17. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the security message is received from a security sensor of the security system, and wherein the security sensor includes a motion sensor.

18. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the request for insertion includes assigning a virtual channel number, a filename, a start time, and a stop time to the surveillance entry.

19. A method comprising:

detecting, by a processor, a security event;

transmitting a request for insertion of a surveillance entry into an electronic program guide, the surveillance entry being associated with the security event, the request for insertion being transmitted from the processor to a remote server in response to the detecting the security event;

presenting the electronic program guide at a video display device coupled with the processor, the electronic program guide including the surveillance entry associated with the security event; and

transmitting a security event notice by at least one of a wireless message or an email message in response to the detecting the security event.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the request for insertion includes assigning a virtual channel number, a filename, a start time, and a stop time to the surveillance entry.