October 8, 2003
MMS alert of someone breaking into your home
The BBC reports on a new security service by a London based company called CCTVSafe, that hooks up cameras to the Internet and sends a text message to a mobile if something moves. "Home owners can watch the live pictures from their mobile and alert the police if someone is attempting a break-in." The images can be seen on standard GSM mobiles, instead of sophisticated third generation video phones.
Other companies such as Obertech Security, equips its customers with cameras that are capable of transmitting images to MMS capable mobile phones, enabling clients to identify at a distance, a person entering a premise.
And Surelabs Alertwizard is another company which offers a security service that sends text messages, photo and video alerts from a monitored area, if someone should break in or just ring the doorbell.
cf previous posts in picturephoning, Watching intruders on your cellphone and Security Monitoring.
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