Patent ID: 7352279
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An alarm management system, comprising: an alarm receiver module adapted to receive alarms from one or more of sensor devices and surveillance systems and generate definitions based on the alarms in accordance with an alarm class that contains a list of static alarm definitions, alarm information, and environment information; a condition evaluation module adapted to receive the definitions from the alarm receiver module and evaluates the definitions in accordance with an condition class that contains a set of alarm predicates; an action handling module adapted to receive the evaluations from the condition evaluation module and executes actions based on the evaluations in accordance with an action class that contains a list of alarm actions; and a customization interface adapted to communicate with the alarm receiver module, the condition evaluation module, and the action handling module, wherein the customization interface enables a user to define customized alarms as subclasses of the alarm class, customized conditions as subclasses of the condition class, and customized actions as subclasses of the action class.