Monitoring system
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a site, comprising:
- an alarm sensor at the site for detecting whether at least one predetermined alarm condition has occurred;
a data collection means at the site for collecting alarm data pertaining to the alarm condition and for outputting said alarm data as a discrete data packet;
data transmission means for transmitting said alarm data from said site; and
electronic data evaluation means, at a location remote from said site (a) for receiving said alarm data, and (b) for electronically evaluating said alarm data to determine whether or not said alarm data is indicative of a false alarm condition and, if said electronic data evaluation means determines that said alarm data is not indicative of the false alarm condition, forwarding said alarm data to a user or users.
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Abstract
A method and system for of monitoring a site, the method including: monitoring the site for the occurrence of predetermined alarm condition; responding to the alarm condition by capturing a packet of alarm data; and transmitting the packet of alarm data to a remote location or to a communications network for transmission to the remote location.
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21 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a site, comprising:
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an alarm sensor at the site for detecting whether at least one predetermined alarm condition has occurred;
a data collection means at the site for collecting alarm data pertaining to the alarm condition and for outputting said alarm data as a discrete data packet;
data transmission means for transmitting said alarm data from said site; and
electronic data evaluation means, at a location remote from said site (a) for receiving said alarm data, and (b) for electronically evaluating said alarm data to determine whether or not said alarm data is indicative of a false alarm condition and, if said electronic data evaluation means determines that said alarm data is not indicative of the false alarm condition, forwarding said alarm data to a user or users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring a site, including the steps of:
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monitoring said site for the occurrence of at least one predetermined alarm condition;
responding to said alarm condition by capturing at the site a packet of alarm data pertaining to the alarm condition;
forwarding the packet of alarm data to a location which is remote from said site;
electronically receiving and evaluating at the location said packet of alarm data to determine whether or not said packet of alarm data is indicative of a false alarm condition and, forwarding; and
transmitting, if said alarm data is not indicative of the false alarm condition, said packet of alarm data to a user or users. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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