Patent ID: 9741238
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08B,H04L

Claim:
1. A sentry device for monitoring electronic security devices for a facility, the device comprising: a processor; a first communication port that is operably coupled to the processor and operable to establish a first communication path to a first external device, the first external device being external to the sentry device, the first external device being physically located in the facility, the first communication path not being a virtual private network, the first communication path not including a computer firewall and the first communication path operable to communicate status data of the first external device; a second communication port that is operably coupled to the processor and operable to establish a second communication path to a second external device, the second external device being external to the sentry device, the second external device being physically located in the facility or outside the facility, the second communication path not being a virtual private network, the second communication path including a computer firewall; an auto-remediation component that is operably coupled to the processor, that is operably coupled to the first communication port and that is operably coupled to the second communication port, the auto-remediation component including processor-executable instructions that are operable to: in response to the security monitoring results, perform remediation functions on the first external device without intervention by another entity, yielding remediation results; and, transmitting the remediation results through the second communication path; and a sentry component that is operably coupled to the processor, that is operably coupled to the first communication port and that is operably coupled to the second communication port, the sentry component including processor-executable instructions that are operable to: