Patent ID: 8166498

Claim:
A set-top box device comprising: a display controller to output video for display at a display device; a memory; a first modular card receptacle to receive digital multimedia content; and a security modular card coupled to the first modular card receptacle, the security module card comprising: a security control module including: logic to receive alarm sensor information associated with a plurality of alarm sensors including a first alarm sensor and a second alarm sensor; logic to detect a potential premises breach based on alarm sensor information from the first alarm sensor; and logic to detect a potential malfunction of the first alarm sensor based on a comparison of alarm sensor information from the second alarm sensor with the alarm sensor information from the first alarm sensor; a premises diagram generation module including: logic to provide a graphical user interface for display at the display device, wherein the graphical user interface facilitates generation of a premises diagram; logic to receive user input that includes information describing a premises to be monitored; logic to store the user input in the memory; and logic to generate the premises diagram based on the user input; and an alarm premises display module including: logic to provide the premises diagram for display, via the display device, wherein the premises diagram illustrates a layout of the premises; and logic to provide a representation of an alarm status of one or more premises locations based on the alarm sensor information associated with the plurality of alarm sensors.