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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul C Ross, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Alex Kononov, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
William W Plumlee, Andover, NJ (US);
S David Roth, Randolph, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 93 ; 340541 ; 902-6 ;
Abstract
Acoustic surveillance of objects and human traffic in a spatial zone of a financial transaction device is used to detect movement within the zone. Several specific types of detected movement defined as abnormal trigger an alert to a remote monitoring station. The alerts are automatically prioritized using rule-based criteria. Enhanced surveillance of the alert site by audio links as well as site alert history information are provided.