SELF-MONITORED HOME SECURITY SYSTEM USING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method for providing home security services, said method comprising:
- receiving, at a local alarm controller, a cordless sensor signal indicative of an alarm sensor being triggered, the cordless sensor signal being communicated over one of a plurality of cordless telephone channels; and
in response to receiving the sensor signal, communicating a signal indicative of the cordless telephone channel to a mobile telephone of a user to notify the user that a sensor associated with the cordless telephone channel was triggered.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing home security services may include receiving, at a local alarm controller, a cordless sensor signal indicative of an alarm sensor being triggered. The cordless sensor signal may be communicated over one of multiple cordless telephone channels. In response to receiving the sensor signal, a signal indicative of the cordless telephone channel may be communicated to a mobile telephone of a user to notify the user that a sensor associated with the cordless telephone channel was triggered.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing home security services, said method comprising:
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receiving, at a local alarm controller, a cordless sensor signal indicative of an alarm sensor being triggered, the cordless sensor signal being communicated over one of a plurality of cordless telephone channels; and in response to receiving the sensor signal, communicating a signal indicative of the cordless telephone channel to a mobile telephone of a user to notify the user that a sensor associated with the cordless telephone channel was triggered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A home security system, comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to communicate over respective different cordless telephone channels; and a local alarm controller configured to communicate with said at least one sensor over the different cordless telephone channels and communicate with a wireless communications device via a communications network in response to receiving a sensor signal from one of the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network node for providing home security services, said network node comprising:
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an input/output (I/O) unit configured with a plurality of I/O modules, each of the I/O modules configured to communicate over a communications network; and a processing unit configured to; in response to receiving a communication from a local alarm controller via said I/O unit, communicate with a wireless communications device of a user via one of the I/O modules. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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