IP Library Granted Patent US 9,905,098
Granted Patent B2
US 9,905,098 · App. 15/411,224 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Methods, systems, and products for security services

Inventor: John Alson Hicks, III (Roswell, GA)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
G08B13/19697G08B25/003G08B25/10
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Patent No.
US 9,905,098
App. No.
15/411,224
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
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 (37)

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by an alarm controller associated with a security system, an alarm condition based on data generated by an alarm sensor;

determining, by the alarm controller, a sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor generating the data;

querying, by the alarm controller, a database for the sensor identifier, the database electronically associating camera identifiers to sensor identifiers, the sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor generating the data;

identifying, by the alarm controller, a camera identifier of the camera identifiers from the database that is electronically associated with the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor generating the data; and

retrieving, by the alarm controller, video data generated by a camera, the camera associated with the camera identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the video data to a device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a notification address.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising sending the video data to the notification address for remote notification of the alarm condition.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a message for remote notification of the alarm condition.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a text message as a notification of the alarm condition.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a short messaging service text message as a notification of the alarm condition.

8. A system, 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 based on data generated by an alarm sensor associated with a security system;

determining a sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor;

querying a table for the sensor identifier, the table electronically associating camera identifiers to sensor identifiers, the sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor;

determining a camera identifier of the camera identifiers that is electronically associated with the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor; and

retrieving video data generated by a camera that is associated with the camera identifier.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data to a device.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a notification address.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data to the notification address for remote notification of the alarm condition.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a message for remote notification of the alarm condition.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a text message as a notification of the alarm condition.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a short messaging service text message as a notification of the alarm condition.

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

determining an alarm condition based on data generated by an alarm sensor, the alarm sensor associated with an alarm controller associated with a security system;

determining a sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor;

querying a table for the sensor identifier, the table electronically associating camera identifiers to sensor identifiers, the sensor identifiers including the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor;

identifying a camera identifier of the camera identifiers that is electronically associated with the sensor identifier associated with the alarm sensor; and

retrieving video data that is associated with the camera identifier.

16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data to a device.

17. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a notification address.

18. The memory device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the video data to the notification address for remote notification of the alarm condition.

19. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a message for remote notification of the alarm condition.

20. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a text message as a notification of the alarm condition.

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 Jan 23, 2017
From: HICKS, JOHN ALSON, III
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 041041/0366 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14833098 · Aug 23, 2015
Continuation 14179633 · Feb 13, 2014
Continuation 13293221 · Nov 10, 2011
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