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Renewal management system

  • US 5,485,628 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1993
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system enabling a central location to control a time interval for actuation of a switch at a plurality of remote locations having control modules, comprising;

  • a central site controller at the central location for generating a set of programming instructions to provide switch actuation at a remote location after a predetermined period of time and to provide actuation and control of a plurality of progressive alarm modes at the remote location;

    portable means for receiving and storing the set of programming instructions generated by the central site controller, and including means for enabling to enable transfer of the set of programming instructions to the plurality of remote locations; and

    a plurality of control modules at the plurality of remote locations receiving a set of programming instructions from said portable means and responsive to the set of programming instructions generated by the central site controller for controlling the actuation of a switch at any of the remote locations upon expiration of the predetermined period of time and for controlling actuation of the plurality of progressive alarm modes prior to the expiration of the predetermined period of time, each of the plurality of control modules comprising,means for reading the set of programming instructions from the portable means for storing;

    processing means for generating operating signals in response to the set of programming instructions read by the means for reading;

    means connected to the processing means for storing programming instructions for the control module;

    means for monitoring the predetermined period of time, said means for monitoring including means for timing time periods between the progressive alarm modes; and

    means responsive to the operating signals for actuation of the switch at the remote location,wherein each alarm mode is activated successively and having programmable time periods between each successive alarm mode.

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