Security system and method with multistate alert user interface
First Claim
1. A security system, comprising:
- a security network;
security devices that transmit status information via the security network; and
a display device that presents the status information using different icons associated with each type of the security devices, wherein the icons include multiple graphic features for indicating different alert information from the associated security devices, and wherein details of the alert information from the associated security devices are presented on the display device in response to a user indicating individual ones of the graphic features of the icons on the display device, wherein the user indication is made by operating a pointing device to hover over the graphic features of the icons and the details of the alert information represented by the indicated graphic features for the associated security devices are presented in a tooltip displayed on the display device.
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Abstract
A security system, system user interface, and method for displaying status information from security devices in a networked security system using a multistate alert user interface. The security system supports different features in icons associated with the security devices, displayed on a graphical user interface. This provides operators with the ability to display status information from security devices, such as alert information comprising one or more alerts, by displaying the icons on a topology map of the graphical user interface. In this way, the operator can determine at a glance the number and type of alert information from the topology map without the need to perform additional selection and navigation steps within the graphical user interface.
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21 Claims
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1. A security system, comprising:
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a security network; security devices that transmit status information via the security network; and a display device that presents the status information using different icons associated with each type of the security devices, wherein the icons include multiple graphic features for indicating different alert information from the associated security devices, and wherein details of the alert information from the associated security devices are presented on the display device in response to a user indicating individual ones of the graphic features of the icons on the display device, wherein the user indication is made by operating a pointing device to hover over the graphic features of the icons and the details of the alert information represented by the indicated graphic features for the associated security devices are presented in a tooltip displayed on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A graphical user interface for a security system displayed on a display device, the graphical user interface comprising:
a topology map showing a security network; and
icons associated with security devices on the security network, wherein different icons are displayed for each type of the security devices, and wherein the icons include multiple graphic features for indicating different alert information from the associated security devices, and wherein details of the alert information from the associated security devices are presented on the display device in response to a user indicating individual ones of the graphic features of the icons on the display device, wherein the user indication is made by operating a pointing device to hover over the graphic features of the icons, and the details of the alert information represented by the indicated graphic features for the associated security devices are presented in a tooltip displayed on the display device.- View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for presenting status information from security devices in a security system, the method comprising:
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displaying different icons associated with each type of the security devices on a display device; and presenting the status information using the icons, wherein the icons include multiple graphic features for indicating different alert information from the associated security devices, and wherein details of the alert information from the associated security devices are presented on the display device in response to a user indicating individual ones of the graphic features of the icons on the display device, wherein the user indication is made by operating a pointing device to hover over the graphic features of the icons, and the details of the alert information represented by the indicated graphic features for the associated security devices are presented in a tooltip displayed on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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