Adaptive console for augmenting wireless capability in security systems
First Claim
1. A method for augmenting the wireless capability of a security system, which comprises the steps of:
- receiving a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information;
translating said identification and status information derived from said radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system; and
transmitting said function data over a wired connection.
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Abstract
A security system comprising a plurality of remote wireless units, a central control unit and an adaptive console for translating messages in radio frequency signals into messages in signals suitable for transmission over a wire in order to augment the wireless capability of the system. The adaptive console has a wireless receiver for receiving the radio frequency signal, which includes identification and status information from a wireless remote units. The adaptive console also has a processing unit which translates the identification and status information from the radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, the function data representative of a function to be performed by the security system. The adaptive console also has a transmitter which transmits a signal over a wired connection which includes the corresponding function data to the central control unit or a wired security unit. The adaptive console may additionally have components enabling it to receive a signal from a wired connection, translate that signal to valid identification and status information, and then transmit a second radio frequency signal to the wireless remote units. Alternatively, the central control unit may contain the mapping and perform the translation from valid identification and status information to function data.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for augmenting the wireless capability of a security system, which comprises the steps of:
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receiving a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information;
translating said identification and status information derived from said radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system; and
transmitting said function data over a wired connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An adapter for augmenting the wireless capability of a security system, which comprises:
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means for receiving a radio frequency signal, said radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information;
means for translating said identification and status information from said received radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system; and
means for transmitting a signal suitable for transmission over a wire comprising said corresponding function data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An adapter for augmenting the wireless capability of a security system, which comprises:
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a receiver which receives a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information;
a processing unit which translates said identification and status information in said radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system; and
a transmitter which transmits a signal suitable for transmission over a wire comprising said corresponding function data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An integral adaptive unit for augmenting the wireless capability of a security system, which comprises:
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a receiver module which receives a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information;
a processing module which translates said identification and status information in said radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system;
mapping memory which stores said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data;
a console display/keypad module which enables a user to program and view said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data; and
a transmitter module which transmits a signal suitable for transmission over a wire comprising said corresponding function data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A security system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless remote units;
a control unit; and
an adaptive console comprising a receiver module which receives a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information from said plurality of wireless remote units, a processing module which translates said identification and status information in said radio frequency signal to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system, mapping memory which stores said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, a console display/keypad module which enables a user to program said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, a transmitter module which transmits a signal suitable for transmission over a wire comprising said corresponding function data to said control unit, said transmitter module transmitting said signal suitable for transmission over said wire comprising said identification and status information upon failure to find said identification and status information in said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data;
a second receiver module which receives a second signal suitable for transmission over a second wire comprising second function data to be performed by said security system from said control unit, said processing module translating said second function data in said second signal suitable for transmission over a second wire to corresponding valid identification and status information derived from said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, and a second transmitter module which transmits a second radio frequency signal comprising said corresponding valid identification and status information to said plurality of wireless remote units. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A security system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless remote units;
an adaptive console comprising a receiver module which receives a radio frequency signal comprising identification and status information from said plurality of wireless remote units, a transmitter module which transmits a signal suitable for transmission over a wire comprising said identification and status information;
a second receiver module which receives a second signal suitable for transmission over a second wire comprising second identification and status information to be performed by said security system, and a second transmitter module which transmits a second radio frequency signal comprising said identification and status information to said plurality of wireless remote units; and
a control unit comprising a processing module which translates said identification and status information in said signal suitable for transmission over said wire transmitted from said transmitter module to corresponding function data derived from a mapping of valid identification and status information to function data, said function data representative of a function to be performed by said security system, mapping memory which stores said mapping of valid identification and status information to function data. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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