Patent ID: 7130383

Claim:
For a security system for remote monitoring of a premises by a user of a remote client, a security gateway comprising: means for monitoring one or more portions of said premises, said means for monitoring one or more portions of said premises including a plurality of monitoring device configured to collect audio and/or video data; means for associating a first sensor with a first subset of said plurality of monitoring devices; and means for associating a second sensor with a second subset of said plurality of monitoring devices; and means for capturing and recording audiovisual information for use in evaluating an alarm condition detected by said first sensor, said captured and recorded audiovisual information comprised of: (1) pre-alarm audiovisual information acquired by said first subset of said plurality of monitoring devices associated with said first sensor prior to said first sensor entering into said alarm condition; (2) post-alarm audiovisual information acquired by said first subset of said plurality of monitoring devices associated with said first sensor subsequent to said first sensor entering into said alarm condition; and (3) non-alarm audiovisual information acquired by said second subset of said plurality of monitoring devices associated with said second sensor subsequent to said second sensor detecting a non-alarm event and prior to said first sensor entering into said alarm condition.