Alarm and monitoring system and method of operation thereof
First Claim
1. An alarm device, comprising:
- a portable housing includinga receiver configured to receive an alarm event signal including alarm information from a portable communication device when the portable communication device determines that an alarm event is set;
a controller configured to generate an alarm signal in accordance with the alarm information;
a rendering device configured to render the alarm signal, andstorage memory having pre-programmed alarm types stored thereon,wherein the alarm information includes a fixed date and time of day to generate the alarm signal, andwherein the receiver is configured (i) to communicate with the portable communication device to indicate identities of the pre-programmed alarm types stored thereon and (ii) to receive new alarm types from the portable communication device, the rendering device being configured to use the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types in rendering the alarm signal,wherein the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types include at least haptic rendering instructions with at least one of a selectable haptic force, a selectable haptic frequency, and a selectable haptic pattern.
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Abstract
An alarm and monitoring system including a primary device and at least one secondary device, the alarm and monitoring system including at least one controller configured to: determine whether at least one alarm event is set; establish a wireless communication between a primary device and the secondary device, when it is determined that the alarm event has been set; transmit an alarm event signal including alarm information from the primary device to the secondary device in accordance with the alarm event that is determined to have been set; generate an alarm signal by the secondary device in accordance with at least the alarm information; and render the generated alarm signal on a rendering device.
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28 Claims
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1. An alarm device, comprising:
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a portable housing including a receiver configured to receive an alarm event signal including alarm information from a portable communication device when the portable communication device determines that an alarm event is set; a controller configured to generate an alarm signal in accordance with the alarm information; a rendering device configured to render the alarm signal, and storage memory having pre-programmed alarm types stored thereon, wherein the alarm information includes a fixed date and time of day to generate the alarm signal, and wherein the receiver is configured (i) to communicate with the portable communication device to indicate identities of the pre-programmed alarm types stored thereon and (ii) to receive new alarm types from the portable communication device, the rendering device being configured to use the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types in rendering the alarm signal, wherein the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types include at least haptic rendering instructions with at least one of a selectable haptic force, a selectable haptic frequency, and a selectable haptic pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of operating an alarm device in a portable housing, the method comprising:
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storing pre-programmed alarm types on the alarm device; communicating with a portable communication device to indicate identities of the pre-programmed alarm types stored thereon and to receive new alarm types from the portable communication device, the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types include at least haptic rendering instructions with at least one of a selectable haptic force, a selectable haptic frequency, and a selectable haptic pattern; receiving an alarm event signal including alarm information from the portable communication device when the portable communication device determines that an alarm event is set on the alarm device, the alarm information including a fixed date and time of day to generate the alarm event signal; generating an alarm signal in accordance with the alarm information and configured to be rendered on a rendering device, the rendering device being configured to use the pre-programmed alarm types and the new alarm types in rendering the generated alarm signal; and rendering the generated alarm signal on the rendering device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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