System and method for accessing residential monitoring devices
First Claim
1. A smoke detector comprising:
- a smoke sensor sensing a smoke condition and outputting an alarm signal upon detecting a smoke condition;
an alarm, connected to the smoke sensor, indicating a smoke condition upon detection of the alarm signal; and
a communication device, connected to the smoke sensor, receiving the alarm signal and wirelessly transmitting an indicator of the smoke condition in a predetermined message format to a remote monitoring device upon detection of the alarm signal, each communication device having an unique address.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for accessing home monitoring devices remotely via a distributed wide-area network (WAN). More specifically, the present invention is directed towards smoke detector system, which monitors for the presence of smoke and communicates the smoke condition to a remote location. The smoke detection system comprises a smoke detection device connected to a communication device. The smoke detection device outputs a signal or a change in a signal upon detection of smoke. This signal or change in signal is monitored by the communication device. The smoke condition is then communicated to the remote central location via a message system.
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65 Claims
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1. A smoke detector comprising:
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a smoke sensor sensing a smoke condition and outputting an alarm signal upon detecting a smoke condition;
an alarm, connected to the smoke sensor, indicating a smoke condition upon detection of the alarm signal; and
a communication device, connected to the smoke sensor, receiving the alarm signal and wirelessly transmitting an indicator of the smoke condition in a predetermined message format to a remote monitoring device upon detection of the alarm signal, each communication device having an unique address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for insertion between a smoke detector and a surface, the apparatus comprising:
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a data interface configured to receive a signal and outputs a conditioned signal;
an identifier configured to output an unique identifier of the apparatus;
a data controller configured to receive the conditioned signal and the unique identifier and to output a message comprising the conditioned signal and the unique identifier in a predetermined message format; and
a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A remote monitoring system comprising:
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a sensor sensing a condition and outputting a signal;
a communicator configured to receive the signal and transmitting a corresponding message via a predetermined message format;
a remote gateway, geographically remote from the communication device, configured to receive the message and decode the message via a predetermined message format; and
a central monitoring station, communicating with the remote gateway via a WAN, configured to receive the decoded message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A sensing system for remotely sensing a condition and remotely transmitting the sensed condition to a geographically remote controller, the sensing system comprising:
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a sensor that detects a condition and outputs a sensed signal;
a communicator that receives the sensed signal, composes a message comprising the sensed signal to the geographically remote controller;
wherein the communicator comprises;
a data interface that receives the sensed signal, conditions the sensed signal, and outputs the conditioned signal an unique identifier that uniquely identifies the communicator;
a data controller that receives the data interface and the unique identifier, composes the message, and outputs the message; and
a transmitter that receives the message and transmits the message to the geographically remote facility; and
wherein the message comprises at least one packet, wherein the packet contains;
a receiver address comprising a scalable address of the at least one of the intended receiving transceivers;
a sender address comprising the unique identifier of the sending sensor message;
a command indicator comprising a command code;
at least one data value comprising a scalable message; and
an error detector comprising a redundancy check error detector. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A remote monitoring system comprising:
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means for sensing a condition and transmitting a message;
means for remotely receiving the message and decoding the message; and
means for remotely monitoring the remote receiving means whereby the remote monitoring means receives the decoded message and reviews the decoded message. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A system for sensing a condition and remotely transmitting the sensed condition to geographically remote controller, the system comprising:
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means for sensing a condition and transmitting a message to a geographically remote controller via a predetermined message format;
wherein the sensing means comprises;
means for conditioning the sensed signal;
means for uniquely identifying the communicating means;
means for formatting the conditional signal into the predetermined formatted message; and
means for transmitting the message; and
wherein the predetermined message format comprises at least one packet, wherein the packet comprises;
means for identifying at least one intended receiver;
means for identifying a sender;
means for identifying a command;
means for identifying the sensed signal; and
means for identifying errors. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of remotely monitoring a condition, the method comprising:
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monitoring a condition;
outputting a sense signal;
transmitting the sensed signal to a geographically remote controller via a predetermined formatted message;
decoding the transmitted message; and
receiving the decoded message at a central monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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