Method and process for configuring a premises for monitoring

• US RE45,649 E1
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alexander, Bruce, Grose, Karen, Schebel, Christoph, Antal, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Charioui, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US13/590,076
• Time in Patent Office: 1,086 Days
• Field of Search: 702/118, 702/119, 702/122, 702/123, 702/183, 702/185, 702/188, 709/223, 709/224, 726/22, 340/501, 340/506, 340/541
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 29/06 characterised by a protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/36 involving the display of network or application conditions affecting the network application to the application user graphical user interfaces for network management H04L41/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 : in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A system and method for configuring an integrated information system through a common user interface are provided. A user accesses a graphical user interface and selects client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule information. The graphical user interface transmits the user selection to a processing server, which configures one or more monitoring devices according to the user selections.

Claims

1. In an integrated information system in communication with a number of monitoring devices, a method for configuring the monitoring devices through a central interface, the method comprising:

obtaining a user selection of at least one client associated with the integrated information system;

obtaining a user selection of at least one premises associated with the user selection of at least one client, within the integrated information system;

obtaining a user selection of at least one location wherein the user selection of at least one location is associated with an identifiable attribute of the user selection of at least one premises;

obtaining a user selection of at least one monitoring device associated with the user selection of at least one location;

obtaining a user selection of at least one processing rule associated with the user selection of at least one monitoring device; and

configuring the integrated information system according to the user selection of at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule data;

wherein the user selection of at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule data is obtained from a common user interface.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein obtaining the user selection of at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device, or processing rule data includes obtaining data modifying a previous selection.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a selection of monitoring device setting information related to the operation of the user selection of at least one monitoring device.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 further comprising displaying a current monitoring device setting information prior to obtaining the selection of monitoring device setting information.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising obtaining a user selection of at least one user associated with the integrated information system.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the user selection of at least one user is authorized to provide configuration information to the integrated information system.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, where the user selection of at least one user authorized to obtain information regarding the user selection of at least one premises is dynamically generated in response to the processing of the user selection of at least one processing rule in accordance with the integrated information system.

8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the user selection of at least one user is associated with the user selection of at least one client or premises and is authorized to accept a notification of a processing rule violation.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one client is associated with a plurality of premises, and wherein the user selection of at least one premises includes a selection of all the plurality of premises associated with the user selection of at least one client.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one premises includes obtaining a user selection of users authorized to obtain information regarding the user selection of at least one premises.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one location corresponds to a zone or area within a premises.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one location corresponds to a plurality of monitoring devices, and wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a user selection of all the plurality of monitoring devices associated with the user selection of at least one location.

13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a user selection of at least one primary or auxiliary location associated with the monitoring device.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the user selection of at least one primary or auxiliary location is based on a default setting for the user selection of at least one monitoring device.

15. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a user selection of at least one monitoring device attribute, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device attribute can include a default value.

16. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a user selection of a threshold indicating a violation of the user selection of at least one processing rule.

17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a specification of a comparison of collected data to information stored in a database.

18. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a specification of Boolean operators for creating associations between the user selection of at least one rule for the user selection of at least one monitoring device.

19. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a specification of two or more processing rules that are considered as a single processing event.

20. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a selection of one or more notification acceptors corresponding to the evaluation of the user selection of at least one processing rule.

21. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein configuring the integrated information system includes inserting default values for the client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule data.

22. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the common user interface is a graphical user interface displayed on a computing device.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein the common user interface is a graphical user interface accessible through the World Wide Web.

24. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the common user interface includes a plurality of hyperlinks for any of the client, premises, location, monitoring device, or processing rule data selections.

25. In an integrated information system in communication with a number of monitoring devices and including a computer system having a display and user input device, a method for configuring the monitoring devices through a central interface, the method comprising:

generating a common user interface, wherein the common user interface receives a plurality of input from a user;

obtaining a user selection of at least one client associated with the integrated information system from the common user interface;

obtaining a user selection of at least one premises associated with the user selection of at least one client from the common user interface;

obtaining a user selection of at least one location from the common user interface, wherein the user selection of at least one location is associated with an identifiable attribute of a premises;

obtaining a user selection of at least one monitoring device associated with the user selection of at least one location from the common user interface;

obtaining a user selection of at least one processing rule associated with the user selection of at least one monitoring device from the common user interface; and

transmitting the user selection of at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule to a server, wherein the server configures the integrated information system according to the user selection of at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule.

26. A system for configuring monitoring devices through a central interface, the system comprising:

a computing device in communication with the one or more data stores, the computing device configured to;

cause a user interface to be presented on a computing device associated with a user;

obtain a user selection of at least one client associated with an integrated information system;

obtain a user selection of at least one premises associated with the user selection of at least one client, within the integrated information system;

obtain a user selection of a location, wherein the user selection of at least one location is associated with an identifiable attribute of the user selection of at least one premises;

obtain a user selection of at least one monitoring device associated with the location;

obtain a user selection of at least one processing rule associated with the user selection of at least one monitoring device,

configure the integrated information system according to the user selection of the at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule,

wherein the user selection of the at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule obtained from the computing device associated with the user.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein to obtain a user selection of at least one monitoring device, the computing device is configured to obtain a threshold that establishes when a violation of the at least one processing rule will occur.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein to obtain a user selection of the at least one client, the computing device is configured to authorize the at least one client to accept a notification of a processing rule violation.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein to obtain the user selection of at least one monitoring device, the computing device is configured to identify an attribute associated with the user selection of the location.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein to obtain the user selection of the location, the computing device is configured to identify an attribute associated with the at least one processing rule.

31. The system of claim 26, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a user selection of all monitoring devices associated with the location.

32. The system of claim 26, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a specification of a comparison of collected data to information stored in a database.

33. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having one or more computer-executable modules for configuring monitoring devices through a central interface, the one or more computer-executable modules comprising:

a first module configured to;

cause a user interface to be presented on a computing device associated with a user;

obtain a user selection of at least one client associated with an integrated information system;

obtain a user selection of at least one premises associated with the user selection of at least one client, within the integrated information system;

obtain a user selection of a location, wherein the user selection of at least one location is associated with an identifiable attribute of the user selection of at least one premises;

obtain a user selection of at least one monitoring device associated with the location;

obtain a user selection of at least one processing rule associated with the user selection of at least one monitoring device,

configure the integrated information system according to the user selection of the at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device and processing rule,

wherein the user selection of the at least one client, premises, location, monitoring device, and processing rule obtained from the computing device associated with the user.

34. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein to obtain a user selection of at least one monitoring device, the first module is configured to obtain a threshold that establishes when a violation of the at least one processing rule will occur.

35. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein to obtain a user selection of the at least one client, the first module is configured to authorize the at least one client to accept a notification of a processing rule violation.

36. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein to obtain the user selection of at least one monitoring device, the first module is configured to identify an attribute associated with the user selection of the location from one of multitude of locations at multiple premises.

37. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein to obtain the user selection of the location, the first module is configured to identify an attribute associated with the at least one processing rule.

38. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein the user selection of at least one monitoring device includes a user selection of all monitoring devices associated with the location.

39. The computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein the user selection of at least one processing rule includes a specification of a comparison of collected data to information stored in a database.