System and method for monitoring security at a premises
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1. A security system for monitoring security at a premises comprising:
- at least one audio sensor located at the premises that receives audio signals;
a digitizer at the premises that receives the audio signals from the at least one audio sensor and converts the audio signals to digitized audio signals; and
a central monitoring station located remote from the premises that receives the digitized audio signals and converts the digitized audio signals into audible audio for an operator that is monitoring the premises.
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Abstract
Digital audio sensors receive and digitize audio signals and transmit the digitized signals to a central monitoring station for monitoring by an operator. The system can allow load balancing and other improvements.
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29 Claims
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1. A security system for monitoring security at a premises comprising:
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at least one audio sensor located at the premises that receives audio signals;
a digitizer at the premises that receives the audio signals from the at least one audio sensor and converts the audio signals to digitized audio signals; and
a central monitoring station located remote from the premises that receives the digitized audio signals and converts the digitized audio signals into audible audio for an operator that is monitoring the premises. - View Dependent Claims (5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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18. A method for monitoring security at a premises, which comprises:
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converting an audio signal at the premises into a digitized audio signal;
transmitting the digitized audio signal along a communications network to a central monitoring station; and
converting the digitized audio signal into audio for an operator that is monitoring the premises. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A security system for monitoring security at a plurality of premises comprising:
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at least one audio sensor located at each of the premises that receives audio signals at the respective premises;
a digitizer at each premises that receives the audio signals from respective audio sensors at the premises and converts the audio signals to digitized audio signals;
a server located remote from the plurality of premises that receives the digitized audio signals from each of the premises; and
a plurality of clients in communication with said server, wherein said server is operative for selecting a client for receiving digitized audio signals for a selected premises, and said client is operative for converting said digitized audio signals from the selected premises into audio for an operator that is monitoring the premises. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for monitoring security at a plurality of premises, which comprises:
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converting audio signals received from a plurality of audio sensors at each of the plurality of premises into a digitized audio signal;
transmitting the digitized audio signals along a communications network to a server;
selecting a client in communication with the server for receiving digitized audio signals for a selected premises; and
converting the digitized audio signals into audio for an operator that is monitoring the selected premises.
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