IP Library Granted Patent US 9,582,986
Granted Patent B2
US 9,582,986 · App. 14/833,098 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Methods, systems, and products for security services

Inventor: John Alson Hicks, III (Roswell, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
G08B25/007G08B23/00G08B25/003G08B25/004G08B25/10H04L69/14
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Patent No.
US 9,582,986
App. No.
14/833,098
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
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 (32)

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.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2025
From: SIMPLISAFE, INC.
To: CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073579/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: SIMPLISAFE, INC.
Reel/Frame 067947/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: HICKS, JOHN ALSON, III
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036977/0542 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14179633 · Feb 13, 2014
Continuation 13293221 · Nov 10, 2011
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