SECURITY EVENT UPDATE PROTOCOL

• US 20090164483A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc. (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc. (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Miles, Russell William
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Methods and computer-readable mediums are provided. For example, in one method a request is initiated for a security event update. Thereafter, a last received event identification (“LREI”) for at least one event type is retrieved from memory and inserted a security event update request. The request is transmitted as a polling signal towards a device (e.g., a server or remote client). In another method, a request signal containing is received. An LREI for an event type is extracted from the request. The LREI is compared to an event identification stored in memory. The results are inserted into a response. An indication, is inserted into the response, that at least one event identification is greater than said LREI and is not inserted in the response. The response is transmitted. In yet other embodiments, the computer-readable mediums and systems are also provided which perform similar features recited by the above methods.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

initiating a security event update request;

retrieving a last received event identification (“

LREI”

) for at least one event type;

inserting said LREI for said at least one event type into said security event update request; and

transmitting said security event update request as a polling signal towards a device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said device is one of a remote client and a server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said security event update request comprises extensible markup language (“

XML”

).

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a reply;

extracting a security event from said reply;

comparing said extracted security event to said LREI;

updating said LREI to said extracted security event when an event identification associated with said extracted security event is greater than said LREI; and

initiating a polling request when said reply indicates that other events were not transmitted to in said reply.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

repeating said extracting, said comparing, and said updating when more events are in said reply.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a reply;

extracting a security event from said reply;

updating said LREI to said security event;

extracting another security event from said reply;

updating said LREI to said extracted another security event when an event identification associated with said extracted another security event is greater than said LREI;

initiating a polling request when said reply indicates that other events were not transmitted to in said reply.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

extracting another security event from said reply; and

updating said LREI to said extracted another security event when an event identification associated with said extracted another security event is greater than said LREI.

8. A method comprising:

receiving a request signal;

extracting a last received event identification (“

LREI”

) from said request signal;

comparing said LREI to an event identification stored in memory;

inserting results of said comparison into a response when said event identification is greater than said LREI;

inserting an indication that at least one event identification is greater than said LREI and is not transmitted in said response; and

transmitting said response.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said response is in extensible markup language (“

XML”

).

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said indication is a flag.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein when said event identification is greater than said LREI.

12. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps comprising of:

initiating a security event update request;

retrieving a last received event identification (“

LREI”

) for at least one event type;

inserting said LREI for said at least one event type into said security event update request; and

transmitting said security event update request as a polling signal towards a device.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein said security event update request comprises extensible markup language (“

XML”

).

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a reply;

extracting a security event from said reply;

comparing said extracted security event to said LREI;

updating said LREI to said extracted security event when an event identification associated with said extracted security event is greater than said LREI; and

initiating a polling request when said reply indicates that other events were not transmitted to in said reply.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

repeating said extracting, said comparing, and said updating when more events are in said reply.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a reply;

extracting a security event from said reply;

updating said LREI to said security event;

extracting another security event from said reply;

updating said LREI to said extracted another security event when an event identification associated with said extracted another security event is greater than said LREI;

initiating a polling request when said reply indicates that other events were not transmitted to in said reply.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising:

extracting another security event from said reply; and

updating said LREI to said extracted another security event when an event identification associated with said extracted another security event is greater than said LREI.

18. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps comprising of:

receiving a request signal;

extracting a last received event identification (“

LREI”

) for an event type from said request signal;

comparing said LREI to an event identification stored in memory;

inserting said results into a response when said event identification is greater than said LREI;

inserting an indication that at least one event identification is greater than said LREI and is not transmitted in said response; and

transmitting said response.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein said indication is a flag.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein said response comprises extensible markup language (“

XML”

).