Communication protocols over internet protocol (IP) networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11611568-B2
Application number	US-201916696657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2007
Publication date	Mar 21, 2023
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023

Abstract

A system and methods comprise a gateway that includes a processor coupled to a security system at a premises. A touchscreen at the premises is coupled to the gateway and presents user interfaces. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera is located at the premises and coupled to the gateway via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the gateway. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the gateway and the security system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a gateway device, located at a premises, configured to communicate with a plurality of premises devices located at the premises; and
a camera device located at the premises and configured to:
receive, from a server device associated with the premises, via the gateway device, and based on a first protocol, authentication information associated with the camera device and a uniform resource locator associated with at least one computing device located external to the premises, and
send, to the at least one computing device, via a second protocol different from the first protocol and based on the authentication information and the uniform resource locator, content.

2. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the first protocol is facilitated by a first interface, and wherein the first interface comprises one of a bi-directional asynchronous communications interface, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) interface, a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) interface, or an extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP) interface.

3. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the second protocol is facilitated by a second interface, and wherein the second interface comprises one of a streaming media interface, a real time streaming protocol (RTSP) interface, a motion JPEG (MJPEG) interface, a hypertext transfer protocol live streaming interface, a media upload interface, a video upload interface, or an image upload interface.

4. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one computing device located external to the premises comprises at least one of a server, a session server, a security server, a web server, an application server, a database server, a gateway, a session gateway, a premises monitoring system, or a central monitoring station.

5. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the gateway device located at the premises comprises one or more of a radio frequency (RF) gateway, a router, a computing device, or a touchscreen device.

6. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the camera device is further configured to send, to the at least one computing device located external to the premises, the content by streaming the content.

7. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the camera device is further configured to establish, via at least one of the first protocol or the second protocol, a secure protocol session with at least one of the gateway device or the at least one computing device located external to the premises.

8. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the camera device is further configured to perform, based on a command received via the gateway device, at least one task associated with the command.

9. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the camera device is further configured to send, to the gateway device and based on a command received via the gateway device, an indication of an error associated with the command.

10. The system recited in claim 1 , further comprising a touchscreen device, located at the premises, configured to:
receive, from the camera device, the content; and
output, via at least one user interface of the touchscreen device, the content.

11. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the touchscreen device is further configured to communicate with the gateway device, and wherein the at least one user interface of the touchscreen device is configured to enable access to data associated with the plurality of premises devices and to data associated with the gateway device.

12. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the camera device is further configured to:
send, to a registry device, a first request comprising an identifier associated with the camera device;
based on receiving from the registry device an identifier associated with the premises and a uniform resource locator associated with the server device, send, to the server device, a second request comprising the identifier associated with the premises and the identifier associated with the camera device; and
based on receiving from the server device the authentication information associated with the camera device and the uniform resource locator associated with the at least one computing device located external to the premises, send, to the at least one computing device, the authentication information and a third request for permission to send the content to the at least one computing device.

13. A method comprising:
receiving, by a camera device located at a premises from a server device associated with the premises, via a gateway device located at the premises, and based on a first protocol, authentication information associated with the camera device and a uniform resource locator associated with at least one computing device located external to the premises; and
sending, by the camera device, to the at least one computing device, via a second protocol different than the first protocol and based on the authentication information and the uniform resource locator, content.

14. The method recited in claim 13 , wherein the first protocol is facilitated by a first interface, and wherein the first interface comprises one of a bi-directional asynchronous communications interface, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) interface, a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) interface, or an extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP) interface.

15. The method recited in claim 13 , wherein the second protocol is facilitated by a second interface, and wherein the second interface comprises one of a streaming media interface, a real time streaming protocol (RTSP) interface, a motion JPEG (MJPEG) interface, a hypertext transfer protocol live streaming interface, a media upload interface, a video upload interface, or an image upload interface.

16. The method recited in claim 13 , wherein the at least one computing device located external to the premises comprises at least one of a server, a session server, a security server, a web server, an application server, a database server, a gateway, a session gateway, a premises monitoring method, or a central monitoring station.

17. The method recited in claim 13 , wherein the gateway device located at the premises comprises one or more of a radio frequency (RF) gateway, a router, a computing device, or a touchscreen device.

18. The method recited in claim 13 , wherein sending, to the at least one computing device located external to the premises, the content comprises sending the content by streaming the content.

19. The method recited in claim 13 , further comprising establishing, via at least one of the first protocol or the second protocol, a secure protocol session with at least one of the gateway device or the at least one computing device located external to the premises.

20. The method recited in claim 13 , further comprising performing, based on a command received via the gateway device, at least one task associated with the command.

21. The method recited in claim 13 , further comprising sending, to the gateway device and based on a command received via the gateway device, an indication of an error associated with the command.

22. The method recited in claim 13 , further comprising sending, by the camera device and to a touchscreen device located at the premises, the content, wherein the touchscreen device comprises at least one user interface configured to display the content.

23. The method recited in claim 13 , further comprising:
sending, to a registry device

Assignees

• Control Networks Inc
• Icontrol Networks Inc

Inventors

• Decenzo Chris
• Baum Marc
• Dawes Paul
• Chu Frank

Classifications

• H04L63/0272

  Virtual private networks · CPC title

• H04L63/029

  Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes · CPC title

• H04L63/1408 Primary

  by monitoring network traffic (monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00) · CPC title

• H04L63/166

  at the transport layer · CPC title

• H04L12/2803

  Home automation networks · CPC title