System and method for controlling devices at a location
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1. A monitoring and control apparatus to control a device at a location, the apparatus comprising:
- an internal computer system associated with the location;
an interface to a sensing element to monitor the location;
a communication processor to communicate with an outside entity via a communications network, wherein the outside entity is authenticated; and
a control module allowing the outside entity to control operation of the device at the location upon detection of a triggering event;
wherein the device is a video camera, the outside enity is a public safety answering point,the public safety answering point controlling the video camera to obtain video from the location.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling, by an outside entity, one or more devices associated with a location. A representative embodiment of the system architecture comprises an internal computer system through which a device may be remotely controlled by the outside entity during a communication session between the outside entity and the internal computer system through an external computer network. The external computer network can be the Internet. When the outside entity is requested to control the device, the outside entity'"'"'s identity information is authenticated before the communication session is established.
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1. A monitoring and control apparatus to control a device at a location, the apparatus comprising:
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an internal computer system associated with the location; an interface to a sensing element to monitor the location; a communication processor to communicate with an outside entity via a communications network, wherein the outside entity is authenticated; and a control module allowing the outside entity to control operation of the device at the location upon detection of a triggering event; wherein the device is a video camera, the outside enity is a public safety answering point,the public safety answering point controlling the video camera to obtain video from the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for monitoring and controlling a device at a location, the method comprising:
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monitoring the location through a sensing element; communicating with an outside entity over a communications network via a communication processor, wherein the outside entity is authenticated; and allowing the outside entity to control operation of the device at the location upon detection of a triggering event; wherein the device is a video camera,the outside enity is public safety answering point,the public safety answering point controlling the video camera to obtain video from the location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program including instructions for causing a processor to implement a process for monitoring and controlling a device at a location, the process comprising:
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monitoring the location through a sensing element; communicating with an outside entity over a communications network via a communication processor, wherein the outside entity is authenticated; and allowing the outside entity to control operation of the device at the location upon detection of a triggering event; wherein the device is a video camera, the outside enity is public safety answering point, the public safety answering point controlling the video camera to obtain video from the location.
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