Patent ID: 8378808

Claim:
A dual intercom-camera-interfaced security system for notifying multiple persons of an emergency event, said dual intercom-camera-interfaced security system comprising: a plurality of sensors for detecting the emergency event within a building structure, said sensors being positioned in unique portions of the building structure and transmitting real-time emergency signals corresponding to a detected type of the emergency event; a plurality of remotely located intercom panels positioned in alternate areas of the building structure and being in communication with said sensors; a remotely located central monitoring station in communication with said intercom panels; a central controller mounted on an interior of a building structure, said central controller including means for transmitting said real-time emergency signals to each of said intercom panels during the emergency event, and means for simultaneously transmitting said real-time emergency signals to said central monitoring station to thereby allow said central monitoring station to verify the emergency event directly with said intercom panels; and an interactive panoramic camera communication system being operatively responsive to said real-time emergency signals and including a plurality of panoramic cameras located within said building structure, an interactive camera service provider communications network, and a plurality of authorized peripheral electronic devices (APEDs) located exterior of said building structure; wherein said interactive camera service provider communications network independently and communicatively couples each of said panoramic cameras in real-time to each of said APEDs such that the emergency event is independently transmitted and directly viewed in real-time at said APEDs; wherein the emergency event is independently viewed at said APEDs while said real-time emergency signals are transmitted to said central monitoring station such that said APEDs independently and visually learn the emergency event at least as early as said central monitoring station non-visually learns the emergency event.