# US 2014/0195952 A1 · Security system and method with modular display of information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195952 A1 - Document ID: US20140195952A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/098,962 - Filed: 2013-12-06 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd. - Applicants: Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd. - Inventors: Luc Champagne; Yanik Brunet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195952A1 ## CPC - H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning - G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop - G08B 13/1968: {Interfaces for setting up or customising the system} - G08B 13/19682: {Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system} - G08B 29/16: Security signalling or alarm systems, e.g. redundant systems - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - G08B 25/14: Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A user-centric management application system and method for a security system that conceptualizes the security devices and the tasks to perform on the security devices as separate objects with common properties and behavior. Operators of the system create abstract containers, called dockviews, which the operator adds objects to in order to perform specific tasks. Because the operator assigns user access to dockviews and objects, the system tailors system access for both application users and tenants of the security system based on policy objectives. Dockviews have the ability to open in separate application windows to support priority display and isolation of critical management tasks. The system provides integrated user administration, event management and reports capability, a consistent “look and feel,” and system-wide automated event notification via a watchlist window. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for presenting and displaying object information for objects in a security system, comprising: displaying graphical user interfaces on user devices including dockviews as dockview graphical indicators, wherein dockviews present the object information for the objects in the security system; enabling a user to select between presenting each dockview in either a main window in a browser, or in a new window for each dockview, by selecting an embedded dockview selector of each dockview graphical indicator; and presenting the dockviews in the main window, or in the new window for each dockview, in response to the user selection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the graphical indicators as thumbnails. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling interaction between the objects in the security system in the dockviews of the new windows, and other applications in the new windows. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the dockviews in response to selection of the dockview graphical indicator for each dockview. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the dockview graphical indicators in a dockview matrix within the main window. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the dockview graphical indicators includes displaying object type icons of the dockview graphical indicators, and wherein the object type icons are associated with the objects in the dockviews. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning users to the dockviews by selecting user assignment selectors of the dockview graphical indicators. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of each dockview in the new window enables users to move the new windows including each dockview across display devices of the user devices. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of each dockview in the new window enables users to select among the new windows including each dockview using a display manager of the user devices. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising adding dockviews to a featured dockview list of the graphical user interfaces by selecting a pinning selector of the dockview graphical indicators. ### Claim 11 A security system, comprising: graphical user interfaces displayed on user devices, wherein the graphical user interfaces include dockviews for presenting object information for objects in the security system, and include dockview graphical indicators that represent the dockviews; and an embedded dockview selector of each of the dockviews that enables a user to select between presenting each dockview in either a main window in a browser or in a new window for each dockview in response to the user selection. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, wherein the graphical indicators are thumbnails. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, wherein in response to user selection of the dockview graphical indicators, the dockviews represented by the dockview graphical indicators are displayed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, further comprising a dockview matrix that includes the dockview graphical indicators. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, wherein the dockview graphical indicators include object type icons for the objects in the security system associated with the dockviews. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, wherein the dockview graphical indicators include user assignment selectors for assigning users to the dockviews. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, further comprising a featured dockview list of the graphical user interfaces which accept dockviews, in response to selection by users of a pinning selector of the dockview graphical indicators for each dockview. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The security system of claim 11, wherein the objects in the security system in the dockviews of the new windows interact with other applications in the new windows.