Security system with call management functionality
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRaymond Walden Bennett, III, John Roland Beardsley
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Abstract
A security system with call management functionality includes a security controller having at least one first interface to at least one user identification device and a second interface to a call management controller. The security controller also includes logic to determine a security status of a user based on identification information received from the at least one user identification device and to communicate the security status of the user to the call management controller. The call management controller enables, disables, or modifies a communication service based on the security status of the user.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a call management controller to configure a telephone service based on a security status of a user;
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- a first security controller configured to:
- receive first identification information from at least one user identification device located at a first location;
- receive second identification information from a second security controller located at a second location that is remote from the first location;
- determine a security status of a user based on the first identification information and the second identification information, wherein the security status of the user indicates whether the user is present at one of the first location and the second location;
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- communicate the security status of the user to the call management controller,
- wherein the call management controller and the first security controller are located at the first location.
A call management controller, comprising;
- a first interface to a telephone service network;
- a second interface to receive identification information from a plurality of security controllers associated with a plurality of security systems, wherein at least one of the plurality of security systems is associated with a home location of a user;
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- logic configured to:
- determine a security status of the user based on the identification information, wherein the security status of the user indicates whether the user is present at one of the home location of the user and a second location that is remote to the home location of the user;
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- enable, disable, or modify a telephone service based on the security status of the user.
A method comprising:
- receiving identification information from a security controller at a call management controller located at a first location;
- determining a security status of a user based on the identification information, wherein the security status of the user indicates whether the user is present at one of the first location and a second location that is remote to the first location;
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- configuring one or more communication services based on the security status of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.