Patent ID: 7406710
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling an outside entity to control devices at a location, the system comprising: an interface to a communications network, the communications network adapted to communicate with an internal computer system associated with the location, the internal computer system being associated with a sensing apparatus that can detect a triggering event at the location, the internal computer system being further associated with a device at the location that can be controlled by the outside entity via the internal computer system; and logic configured to receive an indication associated with an occurrence of the triggering event; wherein responsive to the sensing apparatus detecting the triggering event, the internal computer system establishes a voice-over-Internet-protocol communication session with the outside entity via a communications network in communication with the location, the communications network including at least one of a public switched telephone network, the Internet and a wireless communication link, wherein the triggering event activates an ability to allow control of the device at the location to be assigned to the outside entity to obtain data from the device to the outside entity; further comprising logic configured to transfer a session to a second outside entity; wherein the second outside entity is a public safety answering point.