BRIDGE BETWEEN SECURITY SYSTEM AND APPLIANCES
First Claim
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.
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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.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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