Patent ID: 9544163
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L

Claim:
1. A security system using home gateway alliance, comprising an alliance management server, wherein the alliance management server comprises: a gateway registration unit which registers at least one of position information and IP (Internet Protocol) information of a home gateway upon making a request for registration of the home gateway; and an alliance management unit which, in response to a request for alliance from a user terminal of the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, sets an alliance relationship between the home gateway having made the request for alliance and other home gateways adjacent to the home gateway having made the request for alliance and, when a security incident message indicative of an occurrence of a security incident is received from the home gateway registered with the gateway registration unit, transmits a security incident notification message to either the allied home gateways, which have an alliance relationship with the home gateway where the security incident has occurred, or user terminals of the allied home gateways, wherein the security incident notification message is provided for users of the allied home gateways to cope with the security incident upon receipt of the security incident notification message, wherein the alliance management unit manages the alliance relationship, which is classified into a report alliance relationship and an alert alliance relationship, and wherein the alliance management unit sets, as the report alliance relationship, home gateways which accept the request for alliance and sets, as the alert alliance relationship, other home gateways than the home gateways set as the report alliance relationship, from among all of home gateways located within a broadcast region which is predetermined based on a positional relation with the home gateway having made the request for alliance.