System and a method for remote monitoring customer security systems
US8106764B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B25/10
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided a system for remote monitoring a plurality of security systems connected to the Internet, the security systems being assigned dynamic IP addresses, each of the security systems comprising a remote monitoring server module, the system comprising a central alarm monitoring service connected to the Internet for periodically communicating with the plurality of security systems and determining a status thereof to generate an alarm signal as a function of the status, the alarm monitoring service storing a current IP address of the plurality of security systems in an IP address database, and a remote monitoring gateway providing authenticated or unauthenticated dynamic domain name service (DDNS) server functionality to connect a given remote monitoring client to a desired one of the security systems, the gateway being connected to the IP address database and to the Internet. There is further provided a method of remote monitoring a security system.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.