System and method for automated posting of alarm information to news feed

• US 9,830,802 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Sivakumar, Balaji Badhey, Manikandan, Raja, D, Vinoth
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US15/346,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20170053521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• 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 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• 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 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/00 Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00

Abstract

Systems and methods for automated posting of alarm information to a news feed are provided. Some methods can include receiving a first alarm and associated first alarm information from a first surveillance device, determining whether posting to a social networking or microblogging service is configured for the first alarm or the first surveillance device, and responsive to the determining, automatically posting the first alarm and the associated first alarm information to the social networking or microblogging service immediately after the first alarm occurs. A user can subscribe to receive posts from the social networking or microblogging service in real time, and the user can receive the posts from the social networking or microblogging service immediately after the first alarm and the associated first alarm information is posted to the social networking or microblogging service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a central management system receiving a first alarm and associated first alarm information from a first surveillance device;

the central management system determining whether posting to a social networking service is configured for at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device; and

the central management system, responsive to determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device, automatically consolidating the first alarm and the associated first alarm information into a compilation formatted for posting on the social networking service and automatically posting the compilation to the social networking service immediately after the first alarm and the associated first alarm information are consolidated into the compilation,

wherein a handheld device subscribes to receive posts from the social networking service in real time, and

wherein the handheld device receives the posts from the social networking service immediately after the compilation is posted to the social networking service.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising posting the compilation to an authenticated user account of the social networking service.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device includes the central management system determining a type of the first alarm.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device includes identifying user credentials to be used for posting to the social networking service.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the associated first alarm information includes a picture of an area monitored by the first surveillance device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the compilation includes

a comprehensive article about the first alarm and the associated first alarm information.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the social networking service is a microblogging service.

8. A system comprising:

a handheld device;

a first surveillance device; and

a central management system configured to receiving a first alarm and associated first alarm information from the first surveillance device,

wherein the central management system determines whether posting to a social networking service is configured for at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device,

wherein the central management system, responsive to determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device, automatically consolidates the first alarm and the associated first alarm information into a compilation formatted for posting on the social networking service and automatically posts the compilation to the social networking service immediately after the first alarm and the associated first alarm information are consolidated into the compilation,

wherein the handheld device subscribes to receive posts from the social networking service in real time, and

wherein the handheld device receives the posts from the social networking service immediately after the compilation is posted to the social networking service.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the compilation is posted to an authenticated user account of the social networking service.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device includes determining a type of the first alarm.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein determining whether posting to the social networking service is configured for the at least one of the first alarm and the first surveillance device includes the central management system identifying user credentials to be used for posting to the social networking service.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the associated first alarm information includes a picture of an area monitored by the first surveillance device.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the compilation includes a comprehensive article about the first alarm and the associated first alarm information.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the social networking service is a microblogging service.