Security system and method with information display in flip window

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.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 751,115, filed on Jan. 10, 2013, and related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Attorney Docket No. 0270.0017US2, entitled “Security system and method with help and login for customization” by Inventor Luc Champagne, ______, Attorney Docket No. 0270.0017US4 “Security system and method with modular display of information” by Inventor Luc Champagne and ______ Attorney Docket No. 0270.0017US5 “Security system and method with scrolling feeds watchlist” by Inventor Luc Champagne. The related applications are filed on an even date herewith, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appea...

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Benefits of technology

[0021]Current systems also require operators to take their gaze away from critical monitoring tasks in order to manage and display event data in the event viewing window. This creates delay and overhead for the operator, who must frequently switch between the separate contexts of event data management in the event viewing window or panel, and security device and systems management in the other panels and windows.

[0023]Event data indicators in the scrolling feeds also enable the display of the event data. The event data indicators are associated with the event data, and are indexed by time intervals in the scrolling feeds. The operator uses time interval scale selectors in the scrolling feeds to shrink and grow the displayed time scale. The operator displays the event data by indicating the event data indicators, using a pointing device such as a mouse. In response to the indication, the Application displays the event data in a pop-up window overlaid upon the current window. This saves the operator from having to search through the event timeline for the details of each event, and delivers potentially system-critical information “at-a-glance” and in real time for security system managers and first responders. Because the scrolling feeds display event data from security devices in real-time, the scrolling feeds are also known as real-time scrolling feeds.

[0024]The watchlist window also takes advantage of the Application object type / entry abstraction. The watchlist window displays each object added to the watchlist window in a fashion similar to the way file system contents are displayed on GUIs for typical computer operating systems. These systems display files underneath their parent directories, and indent filename entries so users can easily determine the directory / file relationships. In a likewise fashion, the watchlist window organizes and displays object types similar to the display of directories, and displays object entries similar to the display of files. This provides the operator with an intuitive display of all object types and objects in the security system currently selected for displaying their event data.

[0033]Once opened, the new window for an embedded dockview remains open until the operator closes it, and the operator can move the window freely about the windows space of the display device. A typical usage of embedded dockviews is to enable communications between objects of the dockviews, and other applications of the user devices. Embedding dockviews also allows operators to move the separate application windows that include the embedded dockviews to different regions of a desktop display of the user devices for improved visibility and isolation.

Problems solved by technology

A major challenge for security system operators is the ability to manage and display the event data from the security devices in security system installations.

While this improves control and access to the security devices, it also increases the volume of event data traffic.

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