Patent ID: 7409045

Claim:
For a security system which includes a first subsystem for managing monitoring of a premises and a second subsystem for displaying information, collected by said first subsystem while managing monitoring of said premises, said second subsystem remotely located relative to said first subsystem, an interface for coupling said first subsystem and said second subsystem, said interface comprising: means for storing non-potential alarm specific information related to said premises monitored by said first subsystem, said non-potential alarm specific information useful in determining how to respond to potential alarm condition data; means for receiving potential alarm condition data from said first subsystem, said potential alarm condition data related to a first alarm event detected by said first subsystem; means for relaying said potential alarm condition data to said second subsystem, said potential alarm condition data received from said first subsystem and relayed to said second subsystem comprised of an alarm notification and a real-time stream of video and/or audio data; means for transmitting said stored non-potential alarm specific information to said second subsystem; means for receiving pre-alarm and/or non-alarm video and/or audio data from said first subsystem; means for storing said pre-alarm and/or non-alarm video and/or audio data from said first subsystem; and means for permitting, if said interface receives said alarm notification, said second subsystem to access said stored pre-alarm and/or non-alarm video and/or audio data for a pre-determined period of time after receipt of said alarm notification.