SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SECURITY AT A PREMISES USING LINE CARD WITH SECONDARY COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL
First Claim
1. A security system for monitoring security within at least one premises, comprising:
- at least one audio sensor and an alarm panel connected to the audio sensor and each located at the premises that generate alarm report data, wherein the alarm panel transmits the alarm report data through a communications network connected thereto; and
at least one alarm receiver located at central station remote from the premises that receives the alarm report data transmitted from the alarm panel through the communications network and comprising a line card that receives the alarm report data and an alarm receiver processor that receives and processes regulated alarm report data in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, and further comprising a central station automation system, wherein said line card is operable for receiving non-regulated alarm report data that is not regulated in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, said line card comprising a secondary communications channel interfaced to said central station automation system, wherein the line card routes the regulated alarm report data to the central station automation system over the secondary communications channel and bypasses the alarm receiver processor.
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Abstract
A security system includes at least one audio sensor and an alarm panel that transmits alarm report data through a communications network to at least one alarm receiver located at a central station remote from the premises that receives the alarm report data transmitted from the alarm panel through the communications network. A line card receives the alarm report data. An alarm receiver processor receives and processes regulated alarm report data in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements. The line card is operable for receiving non-regulated alarm report data that is not regulated in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements. The line card includes a secondary communications channel interfaced to a central station automation system and routes the regulated alarm report data to the central station automation system over the secondary communications channel and bypasses the alarm receiver processor.
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25 Claims
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1. A security system for monitoring security within at least one premises, comprising:
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at least one audio sensor and an alarm panel connected to the audio sensor and each located at the premises that generate alarm report data, wherein the alarm panel transmits the alarm report data through a communications network connected thereto; and at least one alarm receiver located at central station remote from the premises that receives the alarm report data transmitted from the alarm panel through the communications network and comprising a line card that receives the alarm report data and an alarm receiver processor that receives and processes regulated alarm report data in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, and further comprising a central station automation system, wherein said line card is operable for receiving non-regulated alarm report data that is not regulated in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, said line card comprising a secondary communications channel interfaced to said central station automation system, wherein the line card routes the regulated alarm report data to the central station automation system over the secondary communications channel and bypasses the alarm receiver processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A central station alarm receiver, comprising:
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a receiver backplane; a line card that receives regulated and non-regulated alarm report data transmitted over a communications network from a n alarm panel located at a premises, wherein the regulated alarm report data is in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements and said non-regulated alarm report data is not regulated in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements; an alarm receiver processor that receives and processes regulated alarm report data; and wherein said line card further comprises a secondary communications channel, wherein the line card routes the regulated alarm report data to the central station automation system over the secondary communications channel and bypasses the alarm receiver processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for monitoring security within at least one premises, comprising:
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generating alarm report data from at least one audio sensor and an alarm panel connected to the audio sensor and each located at the premises; and transmitting the alarm report data through a communications network to at least one alarm receiver located at a central station remote from the premises and which includes a line card that receives the alarm report data and an alarm receiver processor that receives and processes regulated alarm report data in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, and further comprising a central station automation system, wherein said line card is operable for receiving non-regulated alarm report data that is not regulated in accordance with Underwriter Laboratories 1610 requirements, said line card comprising a secondary communications channel interfaced to said central station automation system, wherein the line card routes the regulated alarm report data to the central station automation system over the secondary communications channel and bypasses the alarm receiver processor. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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