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Security polling transponder system

  • US 3,952,285 A
  • Filed: 04/21/1975
  • Issued: 04/20/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For use in a security polling system having a central controller and a plurality of remote transponders, a method of transmitting security status information from a transponder to the central controller, said method comprising the steps of:

  • detecting polling signals transmitted from the central controller;

    determining whether each of the polling signals is intended to trigger transmission from this particular transponder; and

    transmitting, in response to an affirmative decision in said determining step, a response signal indicative of at least one security status condition at the transponder site, the response signal including a plurality of sequential signal bursts, each of a preselected frequency and duration such that the response signal uniquely identifies the security status condition.

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