Security system with call management functionality
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsRaymond Walden Bennett III, John Roland Beardsley
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Abstract
A security system with call management functionality is coupled to a telephone network for providing a telephone service and at least one telephone line. This system also includes a call management controller for enabling, disabling or changing telephone service based on user presence and identity. User presence and identity is determined by a security controller coupled to a plurality of sensors for providing at least one home security function.
Claims20
A security system with call management functionality coupled to a telephone network for providing at least one telephone service, said telephone network having at least one telephone line, said security system comprising:
- a call management controller coupled to said telephone network for enabling, disabling or modifying said telephone service;
- and
- a security system having a security controller coupled to said call management controller, said security controller coupled to a plurality of sensors for providing at least one home security function.
A method of providing call management functionality for a security system coupled to a telephone network, said security system including, a call management controller and a security controller, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one telephone service;
- identifying a user to generate a user identity;
- and
- modifying said telephone service in response to said user identity.
A method of providing call management functionality for a security system coupled to a telephone network, said security system including, a call management controller and a security controller, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing said security controller in night mode to generate a security controller state;
- communicating said security controller state to said call management controller to place said call management controller in a night mode privacy state;
- in response to an incoming telephone call, prompting the incoming caller to leave a message or ring through for an emergency;
- transferring said caller to a voice mailbox unless said call is an emergency;
- and
- allowing said caller to ring through to a telephone set if said call is an emergency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.