Residential security surveillance and notification management system

A residential security surveillance and notification management system, which is applicable to a communication network, comprising:

• a network surveillance device comprising an image and/or sound acquisition unit installed in a body, wherein the network surveillance device is for acquiring analog or digital images and/or audio signals, and then converting the analog or digital images and/or audio signals into digital signals;
• and also receiving control signals transmitted via the communication network, and then, based on the control signals and/or a preset schedule, executing at least the operations of turning on or off acquisition of analog or digital images and/or audio signals, adjusting focus of the image being acquired, and effecting movement of the body of the network surveillance device;
• an information processing platform having a database, wherein the information processing platform receives digital signals transmitted from the network surveillance device via the communication network, processes the received digital signals and then saves them in the database;
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• a communication terminal device, which has the functions of network communication, data processing, and data input/display, wherein by connecting with the information processing platform via the communication network, the communication terminal device is capable of accessing and/or presenting digital signal information saved in the database as well as receiving control signal information and/or a preset schedule, whereupon the control signal information is transmitted to the information processing platform via the communication network, and, subsequently, the information processing platform generates additional control signal based on the information of the received control signals, such that the communication network controls operations of the network surveillance device,
• wherein the information processing platform further comprises a certification module for certifying if the network surveillance device and/or the communication terminal device have access authorization to connect to the information processing platform,
• and wherein, for each user, the database has pre-saved access authorization information in the form of identity identification information as well as certification information pertaining to an access validity period for accessing digital signal information, the certification module comprising:
• a user identity identification module, which is for determining if the identity identification information of the communication terminal device transmitted via the communication network has access authorization and corresponding details of the access authorization;
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• a certification module for the access validity period, which, after the user identity identification module has determined that the communication terminal device has access authorization, further determines if the access authorization of the communication terminal device to access digital signal information in the database has expired or not, wherein, if it has not expired, the communication terminal device is allowed to access the digital signal information in the database, and, if the access authorization has expired, the communication terminal device is denied access to the digital signal information in the database.