MULTI ALARM REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20180025618A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sprue Safety Products Ltd. (FireAngel Safety Technology Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Sprue Safety Products Ltd. (FireAngel Safety Technology Group Plc)
• Inventors: Rutter, Nicholas, Bolger, Chris, Brigham, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,134,263 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/02 Monitoring continuously signalling or alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data

Abstract

A remote alarm monitoring system (10) for recording and processing alarm event data. The alarm system (10) comprises one or more alarm devices (12) in connection with an interface (14), wherein the interface (14) is configured to receive alarm event data; a server (18) in communication with the interface (14), wherein the server (18) is configured to receive and process alarm event data from the interface (14); and one or more networked client devices (22) in communication with the server (18), wherein the server (18) is configured to transmit a message to the networked client device (22), said message based upon the processed alarm event data.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A remote alarm monitoring system for recording and processing alarm event data, the alarm system comprising:

at least one alarm device in connection with an interface, wherein the interface is configured to receive alarm event data;

a server in communication with the interface, wherein the server is configured to receive and process alarm event data from the interface; and

at least one networked client device in communication with the server, wherein the server is configured to transmit a message to the networked client device, said message based upon the processed alarm event data.

16. The alarm system according to claim 15, wherein the processed alarm event data is based on an analysis of at least one of the pattern and the frequency of alarm events and an assessment of a level of risk based on the analysis results.

17. The alarm system according to claim 15, wherein the processed alarm event data is based on an analysis of the type of alarm events and an assessment of a level of risk based on the analysis results.

18. The alarm system according to claim 15, wherein each of the at least one alarm devices is configured to store alarm event data, the alarm event data including activation of an alarm, test procedures on the alarm or a malfunction of the alarm for transmission to the server.

19. The alarm system according to claim 16, wherein the analysis of at least one of the pattern and the frequency of alarm events takes into account non-hazardous alarm events.

20. A server for processing alarm event data, the server configured to:

receive alarm event data from an alarm installation via an interface;

analyse at least one of the pattern, the frequency and the type of alarm events;

compare the analysed data with pre-determined criteria; and

transmit a message to networked client device based on results of the comparison.

21. The server according to claim 20, wherein the step of comparing the analysed alarm event data with the pre-determined criteria results in a risk-level specific to the installation.

22. The server according to claim 20, wherein the pre-determined criteria includes stored historical data specific to the associated installation.

23. The server according to claim 21, wherein the pre-determined criteria includes ongoing analysis of at least one of the pattern, the frequency, and the type of the alarm event data of the associated installation.

24. The server according to claim 20, wherein in analysing at least one of the pattern and the frequency of alarm events, the server takes into account at least one of the number and the type of non-hazardous alarm events.

25. A method for remotely monitoring alarms, comprising the steps of:

receiving alarm event data at an interface from at least one alarm device;

transferring alarm event data from the interface to a server;

processing the alarm event data; and

transmitting a message to at least one networked client device based on the processed alarm event data.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the step of processing the alarm event data comprises:

analysing at least one of the pattern, the frequency and the type of alarm events;

assessing the level of risk based on the analysis results.

27. The method according to claim 26, further comprising the step of:

storing alarm event data locally at the at least one alarm device for transmission to the server.

28. The method according to claim 26, wherein the step of analysing at least one of the pattern and the frequency of alarm events takes into account at least one of the number and the type of non-hazardous alarm events.