Security system and method using home gateway alliance

• US 9,544,163 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2013
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ambus Co., Ltd., Jung Soo Kim
• Original Assignee: Ambus Co., Ltd., Jung Soo Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Soo, Na, Kee Woon
• Primary Examiner(s): NWUGO, OJIAKO K
• Application Number:
  US14/651,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,184 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• 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: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/003 Signalling to neighbouring houses
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/064 indicating houses needing emergency help, e.g. with a flashing light or sound
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

A security system using home gateway alliance includes an alliance management server which includes a gateway registration unit which registers at least one of position information and IP (Internet Protocol) information of a home gateway upon making a request for registration of the home gateway; and an alliance management unit which, in response to a request for alliance from a user terminal of the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, sets an alliance relationship between the home gateway having made the request for alliance and other home gateways adjacent to the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

Claims

1. A security system using home gateway alliance, comprising an alliance management server, wherein the alliance management server comprises:

a gateway registration unit which registers at least one of position information and IP (Internet Protocol) information of a home gateway upon making a request for registration of the home gateway; and

an alliance management unit which, in response to a request for alliance from a user terminal of the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, sets an alliance relationship between the home gateway having made the request for alliance and other home gateways adjacent to the home gateway having made the request for alliance and, when a security incident message indicative of an occurrence of a security incident is received from the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, transmits a security incident notification message to either the allied home gateways, which have an alliance relationship with the home gateway where the security incident has occurred, or user terminals of the allied home gateways,

wherein the security incident notification message is provided for users of the allied home gateways to cope with the security incident upon receipt of the security incident notification message,

wherein the alliance management unit manages the alliance relationship, which is classified into a report alliance relationship and an alert alliance relationship, and wherein the alliance management unit sets, as the report alliance relationship, home gateways which accept the request for alliance and sets, as the alert alliance relationship, other home gateways than the home gateways set as the report alliance relationship, from among all of home gateways located within a broadcast region which is predetermined based on a positional relation with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

2. The security system of claim 1,

wherein the alliance management server further comprises a list generation unit which, upon receipt of the request for registration of the home gateway, generates information on a list of at least one home gateway adjacent in position to the home gateway which is requested to be registered, based on predetermined criteria, and

wherein the alliance management unit transmits the list information to the home gateway which is requested to be registered, or the user terminal of the home gateway which is requested to be registered.

3. The security system of claim 2,

wherein when receiving a request for alliance with a home gateway designated by a user from among the list information, the alliance management unit transmits an alliance request message to the designated home gateway or a user terminal of the designated home gateway, and

wherein the alliance management unit transmits information on whether to accept the request for alliance, which is received from the user terminal of the designated home gateway in response to the alliance request message, to the user terminal or the home gateway which has made the request for alliance.

4. The security system of claim 1, wherein the alliance management unit transmits to the home gateway or the user terminal which has made the request for alliance at least one of position information and IP address of a home gateway which has the report alliance relationship with the home gateway having made the request for alliance and at least one of position information and IP address of a home gateway which has the alert alliance relationship with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

5. The security system of claim 4, wherein in case of a communication failure between the home gateway where the security incident has occurred and the alliance management server, the home gateway where the security incident has occurred transmits a security incident notification message to the home gateway which has the report alliance relationship and the home gateway which has the alert alliance relationship, based on at least one of the position information and the IP address of the home gateway which has the report alliance relationship and at least one of the position information and the IP address of the home gateway which has the alert alliance relationship.

6. The security system of claim 1,

wherein the security incident notification message is transmitted to the allied home gateway, and

wherein when the user terminal of the allied home gateway is not found within an internal network area which is covered by the allied home gateway, the security system further comprises a message transmission server which transmits security incident information corresponding to the security incident notification message to the user terminal of the allied home gateway, upon request of the allied home gateway.

7. The security system of claim 1, wherein the alliance management unit repeatedly transmits the security incident notification message to a home gateway having the report alliance relationship at predetermined intervals until the alliance management unit receives a report completion acknowledge message after transmitting the security incident notification message to the home gateway having the report alliance relationship.

8. The security system of claim 1, wherein the allied home gateway having received the security incident notification message transmits a control signal such that an interworking security equipment performs a predetermined security function, or automatically reports the security incident to a predetermined IP address or telephone number.

9. A security method using home gateway alliance which is executed by an alliance management server included in a security system, the security method comprising:

registering at least one of position information and IP (Internet Protocol) information of a home gateway with a gateway registration unit of the alliance server upon receipt of a request for registration of the home gateway;

in response to a request for alliance from a user terminal of the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, setting an alliance relationship between the home gateway having made the request for alliance and other home gateways adjacent to the home gateway having made the request for alliance; and

when a security incident message indicative of an occurrence of a security incident is received from the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, transmitting a security incident notification message to either the allied home gateways, which have an alliance relationship with the home gateway where the security incident has occurred, or user terminals of the allied home gateways,

wherein the security incident notification message is provided for users of the allied home gateways to cope with the security incident upon receipt of the security incident notification message, and

wherein the setting of the alliance relationship includes managing the alliance relationship, which is classified into a report alliance relationship and an alert alliance relationship, setting, as the report alliance relationship, home gateways which accept the request for alliance and setting, as the alert alliance relationship, other home gateways than the home gateways set as the report alliance relationship, from among all of home gateways located within a broadcast region which is predetermined based on a positional relation with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

10. The security method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating information on a list of at least one home gateway adjacent in position to the home gateway which is requested to be registered, based on predetermined criteria;

transmitting the list information to the home gateway which is requested to be registered, or the user terminal of the home gateway which is requested to be registered;

when receiving a request for alliance with a home gateway designated by a user from among the list information, transmitting an alliance request message to the designated home gateway or a user terminal of the designated home gateway; and

transmitting information on whether to accept the request for alliance, which is received from the user terminal of the designated home gateway in response to the alliance request message, to the user terminal or the home gateway which has made the request for alliance.

11. The security method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting to the home gateway or the user terminal which has made the request for alliance at least one of position information and IP address of a home gateway which has the report alliance relationship with the home gateway having made the request for alliance and at least one of position information and IP address of a home gateway which has the alert alliance relationship with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

12. The security method of claim 9, further comprising repeatedly transmitting the security incident notification message to an adjacent home gateway having the report alliance relationship at predetermined intervals until the alliance management unit receives a report completion acknowledge message after transmitting the security incident notification message to the home gateway having the report alliance relationship.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage for storing one or more programs with instructions for a user terminal communicating with a home gateway and an alliance management server to execute a security method using home gateway alliance, wherein the security method using home gateway alliance comprises:

acquiring position information of a home gateway which is connected with the user terminal over an internal network;

transmitting to the alliance management server a message of a request for registration of the home gateway, the message including the position information;

receiving information on a list of at least one home gateway adjacent in position to the home gateway which is requested to be registered;

transmitting to the home gateway or the alliance management server a message of a request for alliance with a home gateway designated by a user from among the list information; and

receiving and storing at least one of position information and IP address information of the home gateway which is set as an alliance relationship according to the message of a request for alliance, and

wherein, when the alliance relationship is set, the method further comprising managing the alliance relationship, which is classified into a report alliance relationship and an alert alliance relationship, setting, as the report alliance relationship, home gateways which accept the request for alliance and setting, as the alert alliance relationship, other home gateways than the home gateways set as the report alliance relationship, from among all of home gateways located within a broadcast region which is predetermined based on a positional relation with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage of claim 13, wherein the security method using home gateway alliance further comprises:

when a security incident notification message is received from the home gateway which is set as an alliance relationship, displaying a screen for executing an automatic report on the security incident; and

when a user inputs a request for report through the screen, executing the automatic report on the security incident to a predetermined IP address or telephone number.