Remotely monitoring and controlling automobile anti-theft sound alarms through wireless cellular telecommunications
First Claim
1. An automobile having incorporated therein an alarm system triggering a loud audio output upon detection of unauthorized entry into the automobile comprising:
- a wireless telephonic device in said automobile, responsive to the triggering of said audio output, for sending a cellular telephonic message indicating the triggering of said output to a designated receiving telephone;
a cellular telephone network for transmitting said message; and
a device enabling a user to selectively designate the receiving telephone to which said telephonic message is to be sent.
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Abstract
A cellular telecommunications system to notify the automobile user of the triggering of his automobile alarm is a relatively inexpensive manner that enables the user to make a timely response to the condition. A wireless telephonic device in an automobile that is responsive to the triggering of the alarm audio output for sending a cellular telephonic message over the cellular network indicating the triggering of said output to a designated receiving telephone. The automobile also includes a device enabling a user to selectively designate the receiving telephone to which said telephonic message is to be sent. The receiving telephone is also likely to be a mobile wireless cellular telephone.
The wireless telephonic device in said automobile is adapted to receive cellular telephonic signals from the designated cellular telephone, i.e. the wireless device is a transceiver. In addition, there may be a device for sensing ambient conditions in the automobile (during the alarm period) and the wireless telephonic device (transceiver) may transmit cellular telephonic signals indicative of said sensed ambient conditions to said designated cellular telephone. The device for sensing the ambient conditions in the automobile may be a video camera or an audio sensor. The sensed video or audio during the alarm period may be transmitted as cellular telephonic signals indicative of these sensed ambient conditions to said designated cellular telephone so that the automobile user may take appropriate action with respect to the alarm.
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22 Claims
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1. An automobile having incorporated therein an alarm system triggering a loud audio output upon detection of unauthorized entry into the automobile comprising:
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a wireless telephonic device in said automobile, responsive to the triggering of said audio output, for sending a cellular telephonic message indicating the triggering of said output to a designated receiving telephone;
a cellular telephone network for transmitting said message; and
a device enabling a user to selectively designate the receiving telephone to which said telephonic message is to be sent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a wireless cellular telephone network, a method for controlling audio alarms in automobiles having wireless cellular telephonic devices comprising:
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enabling a user to selectively designate a receiving telephone connected to said network to which a message is to be sent upon the triggering of said audio alarm;
monitoring for the triggering of said alarm; and
transmitting said message from the wireless cellular telephonic device in said automobile to said designated receiving telephone over said cellular telephone network in response to the triggering of said alarm. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for controlling audio alarms in automobiles having wireless cellular telephonic devices in a cellular telephone network comprising:
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means in said automobile, responsive to the triggering of said audio output, for sending a cellular telephonic message indicating the triggering of said output to a designated receiving telephone; and
means enabling a user to selectively designate the receiving telephone in said network to which said telephonic message is to be sent.
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- 17. The computer program of claim 17 wherein said receiving telephone is a mobile wireless cellular telephone.
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