BRIDGE BETWEEN SECURITY SYSTEM AND APPLIANCES

• US 20120126935A1
• Filed: 11/19/2010
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Lizza, Alfred M., Okeefe, Mark Douglas, Kruger, Matt S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,872,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/16 Security signalling or alarm systems, e.g. redundant systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling an appliance. The method includes the steps of a security system within a secured area, said security system having a wireless transmitter transmitting status messages including at least a first encrypted message that the security system in armed and a second encrypted message that the security system is disarmed, an appliance control device having a wireless receiver and a decryption unit, the wireless receiver receiving the first and second encrypted messages, the decryption unit decrypting the first encrypted message to recover the armed status message and decrypting the second encrypted message to recover the disarmed status message and an appliance associated with the secured area and controlled by the appliance control device, the appliance entering a relatively low energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the armed message and the appliance entering a relatively high energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the disarmed message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a security system within a secured area, said security system having a wireless transmitter transmitting status messages including at least a first encrypted message that the security system in armed and a second encrypted message that the security system is disarmed;

an appliance control device having a wireless receiver and a decryption unit, the wireless receiver receiving the first and second encrypted messages, the decryption unit decrypting the first encrypted message to recover the armed status message and decrypting the second encrypted message to recover the disarmed status message; and

an appliance associated with the secured area and controlled by the appliance control device, the appliance entering a relatively low energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the armed message and the appliance entering a relatively high energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the disarmed message.

2. The method as in claim 1 wherein the appliance further comprises an air conditioning unit.

3. The method as in claim 1 wherein the appliance further comprises a heating unit.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein the appliance further comprises a set back thermostat controlling one of an air conditioner and a heating unit.

5. The method as in claim 1 wherein the appliance further comprises lighting.

6. The method as in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of appliance control devices each receiving the encrypted messages and each controlling a respective appliance.

7. The method as in claim 6 wherein the plurality of appliance control devices control a plurality of ceiling fans.

8. A system comprising:

a security system within a secured area that wirelessly transmits a first message that the security system in armed and a second message that the security system is disarmed; and

an appliance control device having a wireless receiver and an ON and OFF output, the appliance control device provides one of the ON and OFF outputs upon receiving the armed status message from the security system and the other of the ON and OFF outputs upon receiving the disarmed status message.

9. The system as in claim 8 wherein the appliance control device further comprises a decryption device that decrypt the messages from the security system.

10. The system as in claim 8 further comprising an appliance coupled to and controlled by the appliance control device.

11. The system as in claim 10 wherein the appliance further comprises an air conditioning unit.

12. The system as in claim 10 wherein the appliance further comprises a heating unit.

13. The system as in claim 10 wherein the appliance further comprises a set back thermostat controlling one of an air conditioner and a heating unit.

14. The system as in claim 10 wherein the appliance further comprises lighting.

15. The system as in claim 10 further comprising a plurality of appliance control devices each receiving the messages and each controlling a respective appliance.

16. The system as in claim 8 wherein the plurality of appliance control devices control a plurality of ceiling fans.

17. A system comprising:

a security system within a secured area that wirelessly transmits an encrypted first message that the security system in armed and an encrypted second message that the security system is disarmed; and

a plurality of appliance control devices, each having a wireless receiver, a decryption device that decrypts the encrypted first and second messages from the security system and an ON and OFF output, the appliance control device provides one of the ON and OFF outputs upon receiving the armed status message from the security system and the other of the ON and OFF outputs upon receiving the disarmed status message.

18. The system as in claim 17 further comprising a plurality of appliances each coupled to and controlled by a respective appliance control device of the plurality of appliance control devices.

19. The system as in claim 17 wherein one of the plurality of appliances further comprises an air conditioning unit.