Patent ID: 9640003
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G07C,G08B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: a user interface of a security system receiving a respective identifier, entered by a user, for each of a plurality of objects to be tracked within a secured area having a plurality of geographically separate spaces, wherein each of the plurality of geographically separate spaces is managed by a respective one of a plurality of access controllers, and wherein at least one of the plurality of objects is a security guard; a processor of the security system detecting entry of the security guard into a first geographically separate space of the plurality of geographically separate spaces via a first access controller of the plurality of access controllers associated with the first geographically separate space of the plurality of geographically separate spaces; the processor of the security system determining a geographic location of the security guard based upon the entry detected; the processor of the security system retrieving a map of the secured area; the processor of the security system displaying the geographic location of the security guard on the map through one of a portable handheld device, a monitoring station, and an interface device; the processor of the security system detecting a security threat in the first geographically separate space of the plurality of geographically separate spaces; the processor of the security system determining that the security guard is in the first geographically separate space of the plurality of geographically separate spaces; and the processor of the security system transmitting a notification of the security threat in the first geographically separate space of the plurality of geographically separate spaces to the portable handheld device associated with the security guard.