Alarm reporting system
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus reports alarm events detected by an alarm system having a plurality of users, each user having a name and identified by an identifier other than the name. The system detects an event of interest relating to a user, creates a data stream indicative of the event and indicative of the identifier of the user, extracts from the data stream the identifier of the user, determines the name of the user based upon the identifier of the user, selects a message recipient based upon the event of interest, creates a text message addressed to the selected message recipient, the text message communicating the name of the user and communicating information indicative of the event of interest, and transmits the text message via a global communications network.
12 Citations
16 Claims
-
1-8. -8. (canceled)
-
9. A method for reporting alarm events detected by an alarm system having a plurality of users, each user having a name and identified by an identifier other than the name, the method comprising the steps of:
-
detecting an event or interest relating to a user;
creating a data stream indicative of the event and indicative of the identifier of the user;
receiving the data stream;
extracting from the data stream the identifier of the user;
determining the name of the user based upon the identifier of the user;
selecting a message recipient based upon the event of interest;
creating a text message addressed to the selected message recipient, said text message communicating the name of the user and communicating information indicative of the event of interest; and
transmitting the text message via the Internet to a cell phone and/or to a wired computer, wherein when the text message is transmitted to a wired computer, the message is addressed to the IP address of the destination SMTP server of the wired computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A system for reporting alarm events detected by an alarm system having a plurality of users, each user having a name and identified by an identifier other than the name, the system comprising.
an alarm control unit connected with a plurality of sensors and with a keypad; -
a data table containing names of said users and associating said names with corresponding identifiers;
a rule table containing rules defining events of interest and for each event, a corresponding message delivery address, wherein the message delivery address is characterized in that it is indicative of a the phone number of a text message receiving cell phone and/or it is the IP address of a destination SMTP server of a wired computer;
first means responsive to the sensors and to the keypad for detecting events of interest;
second means responsive to detection of an event of interest and an identifier for determining from the data table, the name associated with the identifier;
third means responsive to the detected event of interest for determining, from the rule table, the corresponding message delivery address; and
fourth means responsive to the corresponding message delivery address and the name for transmitting a message communicating the event of interest and the name, said message directed to the message delivery address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
-
Specification