United States: (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. N0.: US 2003/0084033 A1

US 20030084033A1
(19) United States

(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. N0.: US 2003/0084033 A1
Hays et al.
(43) Pub. Date:
(54) METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR
(57)
May 1, 2003
ABSTRACT
IMPROVED SECURITY SERVICES
(76) Inventors; Dewayne L, Hays, Houston, TX (Us);
Improved apparatus and methods for providing and obtain
Robert Lewis Michaels, Austin, TX

(US); Arthur A. Vanderbilt, Cedar
Park, TX (US)
ing security services. A computer 15 provides a Web site

Which is accessible via the Internet 10 by clients and by
security officers. The computer 15 has computer softWare 33
Which is programmed to receive and send data via the
Internet 10 from of?cer computers 1, 3, 5, and 7 , as Well as
Correspondence Address?
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client computers 20 and 22 , and to store the data received
1001 FANNIN STREET

2300 FIRST CITY TOWER
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in database 35. The computer 15 is programmed to provide

a Web site Which also provides data regarding security
services from database 35 to security officers using com
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puters 1, 3, 5, and 7 , as Well as to clients using computers
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20 and 22. The security services information stored on
Dec' 26 2001
reports, pictures, and video clips. The Web site of computer
database 35 can include daily activity reports, incident
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15 can be protected, such as by requiring the entry of an
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appropriate user identi?er and password before access to the
(60) Provisional application No. 60/258,419, ?led on Dec.
Web Sue 1S granted The Computer _15 can be Programmed to
27, 2000
alloW security officers to clock in at the begmnmg of a

shift and clock out at the end of the shift from a remote
location. The officer can access the Web site of computer 15
Publication Classi?cation
via the Internet 10 by using a computer 1, 3, 5, or 7 at a

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remote location, such as their station or location from Which
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(19) United States

(43) Pub. Date:

(54) METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR

IMPROVED SECURITY SERVICES

(76) Inventors; Dewayne L, Hays, Houston, TX (Us);

Improved apparatus and methods for providing and obtain

Robert Lewis Michaels, Austin, TX

ing security services. A computer 15 provides a Web site

client computers 20 and 22 , and to store the data received

1001 FANNIN STREET

in database 35. The computer 15 is programmed to provide

(21) Appl' NO"

puters 1, 3, 5, and 7 , as Well as to clients using computers

20 and 22. The security services information stored on

reports, pictures, and video clips. The Web site of computer

database 35 can include daily activity reports, incident

Related U S Application Data

15 can be protected, such as by requiring the entry of an

appropriate user identi?er and password before access to the

(60) Provisional application No. 60/258,419, ?led on Dec.

Web Sue 1S granted The Computer _15 can be Programmed to

alloW security officers to clock in at the begmnmg of a

via the Internet 10 by using a computer 1, 3, 5, or 7 at a

Int. Cl.7 ..................................................... .. G06F 7/00

remote location, such as their station or location from Which

US. Cl. ................................................................ .. 707/3

SERVICE PROVIDER 'S

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