Web-Based Security System Using WebRTC for Real-Time Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security systems lack a comprehensive, real-time, web-based monitoring and surveillance solution that can be accessed by multiple users across various devices, including smartphones and tablets, to effectively manage home or business security and emergency responses.
Innovation Solution
A web-based security control system utilizing WebRTC technology for real-time voice and video communication, enabling browser-to-browser applications, peer-to-peer file sharing, and integrating with various network infrastructures to provide surveillance, alarm, and deterrence functions, allowing access to multiple users including home security management companies and emergency services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional security systems are used with third party monitoring from off-site locations, then security monitoring capability is provided, but real-time access and user control across multiple devices is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The security system is designed to be accessed through web browsers on multiple types of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) without requiring device-specific applications. This universal access approach allows users to monitor and control security functions from any location with internet connectivity, eliminating the limitations of traditional off-site monitoring while maintaining real-time capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a web server as an intermediary between the security control system and user devices. This web server hosts security management web pages that facilitate real-time communication and control between users and the security system, enabling immediate response without the delays associated with traditional third-party monitoring intermediaries.
2Adaptability or versatility
If web-based real-time monitoring is implemented across multiple devices, then user accessibility and response capability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional application-based access mechanisms with web-based technology. Instead of requiring users to install and manage security applications on various devices, the system uses standard web browsers to access security functions through web pages. This substitution leverages existing, universally available web infrastructure, reducing system complexity while improving device compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The security management web pages are designed to function across multiple device types and operating systems through standard web technologies. This universal web-based approach allows the system to adapt to various devices without requiring complex device-specific implementations, thereby improving versatility while keeping the core system architecture relatively simple.
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AI summary
A web server may receive, from a controlling device, an internet based call that includes a video feed of a surveillance premises in response to a detected triggering event. The web server may also receive an identifier for a user account associated with the surveillance premises. The web server may determine a user preference for alerts based on the identifier for the user account, and send an alert notification that includes an Internet based link to the video feed based on the determined user preference for alerts. The web server may provide a web page that includes the video feed to at least one device associated with the user account. The web server may deliver the call directly to at least one device associated with the user account.