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US 9,318,005 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for security services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJohn Alson Hicks, III
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Abstract
Security systems notify of alarms. Two separate communications paths are established from an alarm controller. One of the communications paths is selected based on performance, cost, or urgency.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a controller associated with a security system, a first communications path via a wireless network;
- establishing, by the controller, a simultaneous second communications path via a wireline broadband connection to a data network;
- detecting, by the controller;
- an alarm condition;
- generating, by the alarm controller, an alarm message in response to the alarm condition;
- retrieving, by the controller, a decision parameter;
- selecting, by the controller, one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter;
- and
- sending, by the alarm controller, the alarm message to alert of the alarm condition, the alarm message sent via the one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;
- establishing a first communications path from a controller associated with a security system via a wireless network;
- establishing a simultaneous second communications path from the controller associated with the security system via a wireline broadband connection to a data network;
- detecting an alarm condition;
- generating an alarm message in response to the alarm condition;
- retrieving a decision parameter;
- selecting one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter;
- and
- sending the alarm message to alert of the alarm condition, the alarm message sent via the one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter.
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A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- establishing a first communications path from a controller associated with a security system via a wireless network;
- establishing a simultaneous second communications path from the controller associated with the security system via a wireline broadband connection to a data network;
- detecting an alarm condition;
- generating an alarm message in response to the alarm condition;
- retrieving a decision parameter;
- selecting one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter;
- and
- sending the alarm message to alert of the alarm condition, the alarm message sent via the one of the first communications path and the simultaneous second communications path based on the decision parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.