Remote activation system
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Abstract
A method for remotely activating an event over a telecommunications network, said method comprising: providing processing means connected to a telecommunications transceiver and having an output for activating an event; and connecting the transceiver to the network, such that it is able to receive a connection request from a user; the processing means and transceiver being configured to: receive a connection request; wait for a predetermined time period; refuse the connection request; and activate the event.
Also provided is a device for enabling an event to be remotely activated over a telecommunications network, said device comprising: processing means connected to a telecommunications transceiver and having an output for activating the event; wherein the transceiver is operable to receive a connection request from a user, and wherein the processing means are operable, on receipt of a connection request, to: wait for a predetermined time period; refuse the connection request; and activate the event.
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113 Claims
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1-106. -106. (canceled)
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107. A device for activating an event such as switching a device on or off, or opening or closing a member such as door, a window, a shutter, a curtain, a gate or a barrier said device comprising:
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a telecommunications receiver operable to receive a connection request from a user, memory means for storing the state an article was in prior to the receipt of the connection request, and processing means connected to a telecommunications transceiver and having an output for activating an opening or closing event; and wherein the processing means are operable, on receipt of a connection request, to; wait for a predetermined time period which time period is automatically varied dependant on the state the article was in prior to the receipt of the connection request; refuse the connection request; and activate the event. whereby a member such as a door, a window, a shutter, a curtain, a gate or a barrier is openable or closeable remotely by communication over a telecommunications network and whereby the open or closed status of the member is fed back to the user via the telecommunications network by the automatic variation in the said predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113)
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