Integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a multi-unit building
First Claim
1. An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of building units comprising:
- a plurality of telephone lines;
at least one telecommunications device located in at least one of said building units and connected to at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number;
switching means for receiving user programmed commands and being connected to said at least one telecommunications device by at least one of said telephone lines and arranged to connect at least one of said telephone lines either to at least another of said telephones line or to an outside telephone line;
a plurality of sensors located in each building unit and in common areas of the building for generating signals indicative of conditions therein;
at least one control module connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number and adapted to at least receive said signals generated by said sensors and determine said conditions from said signals;
a monitoring station, including a memory device and an output device, connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines;
said at least one control module adapted to selectively send information indicative of said conditions to said monitoring station upon determining a change in at least one of said conditions in said each building unit or said common areas of the building via said telephone lines and said monitoring station adapted to receive and store said information in said memory and output data indicative of said conditions;
said at least one control module adapted to accept said user programmed commands from a user calling its unique telephone number via said switching means; and
,said at least one control module adapted to be controlled by user programmed information stored in said memory of said monitoring station and downloaded to a memory in said at least one control module.
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Abstract
An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of units, utilizing a plurality of telephone lines located throughout the building which are connected at one end to telecommunications equipment located in the units and throughout common areas of the building. A digital switching device is connected to the other end each of the telephone lines and arranged to connect at least one of the telephone lines to at least one of another of the telephone lines or to an outside telephone line at the option of a user of the telecommunications equipment. A plurality of sensors located in the units and throughout common areas of the building are arranged for generating signals in response to conditions therein, which are then transmitted to a plurality of control modules connected to the digital switching device by at least one of the telephone lines. The control modules are further adapted to send information to a central monitoring station via the telephone lines indicative of the respective conditions and the central monitoring station is adapted to at least receive and store this information in its memory and output data indicative of the respective conditions.
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51 Claims
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1. An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of building units comprising:
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a plurality of telephone lines; at least one telecommunications device located in at least one of said building units and connected to at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number; switching means for receiving user programmed commands and being connected to said at least one telecommunications device by at least one of said telephone lines and arranged to connect at least one of said telephone lines either to at least another of said telephones line or to an outside telephone line; a plurality of sensors located in each building unit and in common areas of the building for generating signals indicative of conditions therein; at least one control module connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number and adapted to at least receive said signals generated by said sensors and determine said conditions from said signals; a monitoring station, including a memory device and an output device, connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines; said at least one control module adapted to selectively send information indicative of said conditions to said monitoring station upon determining a change in at least one of said conditions in said each building unit or said common areas of the building via said telephone lines and said monitoring station adapted to receive and store said information in said memory and output data indicative of said conditions; said at least one control module adapted to accept said user programmed commands from a user calling its unique telephone number via said switching means; and
,said at least one control module adapted to be controlled by user programmed information stored in said memory of said monitoring station and downloaded to a memory in said at least one control module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of building units comprising:
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a plurality of telephone lines; at least one telecommunications device located in at least one of said building units and connected to at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number; switching means for receiving user programmed commands and being connected to said at least one telecommunications device by at least one of said telephone lines and arranged to connect at least one of said telephone lines either to at least another of said telephone lines or to an outside telephone line wherein each telephone line connected thereto has a unique telephone number; a plurality of sensors located in each building unit and in common areas of the building for generating signals indicative of conditions therein; at least one control module connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number and adapted to at least receive said signals generated by said sensors and determine said conditions from said signals; a monitoring station, including a memory device and an output device, connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines; said at least one control module adapted to selectively send information indicative of said conditions to said monitoring station upon determining a change in at least one of said conditions in said each building unit or said common areas of the building via said telephone lines and said monitoring station adapted to receive and store said information in said memory and output data indicative of said conditions; said at least one control-module adapted to accept said user programmed commands from a user calling its unique telephone number via said switching means and, said at least one control module adapted to be controlled by user programmed information stored in said memory of said monitoring station and downloaded to a memory in said at least one control module. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An integrated telephone, intercom, security and control system for a building having a plurality of building units comprising:
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a plurality of telephone lines; at least one telecommunications device located in at least one of said building units and connected to at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number; switching means for receiving user programmed commands and being connected to said at least one telecommunications device by at least one of said telephone lines and arranged to connect at least one of said telephone lines either to at least another of said telephone lines or to an outside telephone line; a plurality of sensors located in each building unit and in common areas of the building for generating signals indicative of conditions therein; at least one control module connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines and having a unique telephone number and adapted to at least receive said signals generated by said sensors and determine said conditions from said signals; at least one monitoring station, including a memory device and an output device, connected to said switching means by at least one of said telephone lines; said at least one control module adapted to selectively send information indicative of said conditions to at least one of said monitoring station upon determining a change in at least one of said conditions in said each building unit or said common areas of the building via said telephone lines and said at least one monitoring station adapted to receive and store said information in said memory and output data indicative of said conditions; said at least one control module adapted to accept said user programmed commands from a user calling its unique telephone number via said switching means;
said least one control module adapted to be controlled by user programmed information stored in said memory of said at least one monitoring station and downloaded to a memory in said at least one control module;said at least one monitoring station adapted to receive information from all of said control modules in said building; said at least one monitoring station adapted to process information from said control modules which are arranged to receive said signals from said sensors under normal conditions of operation in different sections of said building; each of said at least one monitoring station adapted to process information from any said control module in any section of said building in the event of emergency conditions in said building; and
,each of said at least one monitoring station adapted to poll each of the other said monitoring stations to confirm that each of the other said monitoring stations is functioning properly. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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