Patent ID: 8782750
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A gateway comprising: a processor; an application programming interface (API) configured to interface the gateway with a client device; an application module configured to monitor or control a security device coupled to the gateway; a device driver configured to enable interaction of the application module with the corresponding security device; a communication module configured to enable communication with a web server, the client device, and other gateways, to receive additional APIs, respective application modules, and respective device drivers, and to copy a configuration of the gateway to other gateways; a remote device management module, implemented using the processor, configured to aggregate monitoring data from the security device coupled to the gateway and from other security devices respectively coupled to other gateways that are correlated with the gateway by the web server, and to enable the client device to receive the aggregated monitoring data and to control the security device coupled to the gateway and the other security devices coupled to the other gateways, the communication module comprising: the remote device management module comprising: