Methods, systems, and products for security services

• US 9,582,986 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2015
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• 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: Hicks, John Alson III
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAI T
• Application Number:
  US14/833,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20150364029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 555 Days
• Field of Search: 340/541, 340/540, 340/628, 340/501, 340/531, 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/003 Address allocation methods and details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/004 Alarm propagated along alternative communication path or using alternative communication medium according to a hierarchy of available ways to communicate, e.g. if Wi-Fi not available use GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products notify of alarms in security systems. Sensor data is received from an alarm sensor, and an alarm controller determines an alarm condition. Video data associated with the alarm sensor is retrieved. An alarm message may be sent over a wireless network connection, while the video data may be sent over a wireline broadband connection.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by an alarm controller associated with a security system, an alarm condition;

querying, by the alarm controller, an electronic database for a sensor identifier associated with the alarm condition, the electronic database having electronic associations between camera addresses and sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm condition;

retrieving, by the alarm controller, a camera address of the camera addresses from the electronic database, the camera address electronically associated with the sensor identifier; and

sending, from the alarm controller, an alarm message to a destination address to notify of the alarm condition, the alarm message specifying the camera address that is electronically associated with the sensor identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising including the camera address in a header of a packet.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising including the camera address in a body of a packet.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a call to verify the alarm condition.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a text message to notify of the alarm condition.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending video data associated with the camera address.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving video data having an association with the camera address.

8. An alarm controller associated with a security system, the alarm controller comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determining an alarm condition associated with a sensor identifier;

querying an electronic database for the sensor identifier, the electronic database having electronic associations between camera addresses and sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm condition;

retrieving a camera address of the camera addresses from the electronic database, the camera address electronically associated with the sensor identifier; and

sending an alarm message to a destination address to notify of the alarm condition determined by the security system, the alarm message specifying the camera address that is electronically associated with the sensor identifier.

9. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise including the camera address in a header of a packet.

10. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise including the camera address in a body of a packet.

11. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a call to verify the alarm condition.

12. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise sending a text message to notify of the alarm condition.

13. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise sending video data associated with the camera address.

14. The alarm controller of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving video data having an association with the camera address.

15. A memory device storing code which when executed causes a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining an alarm condition by an alarm controller associated with a security system;

determining a sensor identifier associated with the alarm condition;

querying an electronic database for the sensor identifier, the electronic database having electronic associations between camera addresses and sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm condition;

retrieving a camera address assigned to the alarm controller of the camera addresses from the electronic database, the camera address electronically associated with the sensor identifier; and

sending an alarm message to a destination address to notify of the alarm condition determined by the security system, the alarm message specifying the camera address.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending video data associated with the camera address.

17. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving video data having an association with the camera address.