Patent ID: 7015806
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A security system for providing security monitoring, comprising: a security gateway located at a designated premises, wherein the security gateway is operable to detect an alarm condition and to record video of at least a portion of the premises relating to the alarm condition, said video hereinafter referred to as the Alarm Video; a security system server operatively coupled to the security gateway, wherein the security gateway is configured to transfer to the security system server a notification of the alarm condition and the corresponding Alarm Video in substantially real time; a plurality of monitoring clients operatively coupled to the security system server; the security system server utilizing rules-based routing to select, based upon a predefined set of one or more rules, one or more of the plurality of monitoring clients, hereafter referred to as designated monitoring clients, to receive the notification of the alarm condition and the Alarm Video; wherein the security system server is configured to transfer the notification of the alarm condition and the Alarm Video to said designated monitoring clients; and wherein said designated monitoring clients are configured to display at least a portion of the Alarm Video and wherein said designated monitoring clients are configured to notify the security system server whether the notification of the alarm condition corresponds to an actual alarm condition.