Security system with remote indication device
First Claim
1. In a security system comprising a central control unit located within a premises being monitored, a remote indication device in wireless communication with the central control unit, and a plurality of security system peripheral devices in communication with the central control unit;
- a method for providing status of the security system to a user, comprising the steps of;
(a) generating, as a result of a stimulus external to the remote indication device, a status request trigger signal at the remote indication device;
(b) the remote indication device retrieving, from the central control unit, status data in response to the status request trigger signal;
(c) the remote indication device presenting the status data to the user;
(d) storing the status data for a timeout period; and
(e) re-presenting the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period.
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Abstract
A method and device for providing status of a security system to a user by a remote indication device in response an external stimulus. A status request trigger signal is generated as a result of the stimulus, and status data is then retrieved from an externally located central control unit in response to the status request trigger signal. The status data is then presented via the remote indication device to the user, either by providing a visual display or sounding an audible representation of the status data. The external stimulus may be the motion of a user within proximity of the remote indication device, and the generating of a status request trigger signal may includes the detecting of the motion of the user by a motion detector such as a PIR or a microwave detector.
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56 Claims
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1. In a security system comprising a central control unit located within a premises being monitored, a remote indication device in wireless communication with the central control unit, and a plurality of security system peripheral devices in communication with the central control unit;
- a method for providing status of the security system to a user, comprising the steps of;
(a) generating, as a result of a stimulus external to the remote indication device, a status request trigger signal at the remote indication device;
(b) the remote indication device retrieving, from the central control unit, status data in response to the status request trigger signal;
(c) the remote indication device presenting the status data to the user;
(d) storing the status data for a timeout period; and
(e) re-presenting the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
transmitting a status request signal to the central control unit; and
receiving an RF status signal comprising the status data from the central control unit, the status signal transmitted by the central control unit in response to receipt of the status request signal.
- a method for providing status of the security system to a user, comprising the steps of;
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14. A remote indication device for providing status of a security system to a user comprising:
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means for generating, as a result of a stimulus external to the remote indication device, a status request trigger signal;
means for retrieving, from an externally located central control unit, status data in response to the status request trigger signal;
means for presenting the status data to the user;
means for storing the status data for a timeout period; and
means for re-presenting the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
means for transmitting a status request signal to a central control unit; and
means for receiving a status signal comprising the status data from the central control unit, the status signal transmitted by the central control unit in response to receipt of the status request signal.
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26. A security system comprising:
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a central control unit comprising a first RF transmitter and a first RF receiver;
a plurality of security system peripheral devices in communication with the central control unit to provide signals representative of operating status thereof; and
a remote indication device in communication with the central control unit comprising;
trigger generation means for generating a status request trigger signal as a result of an external stimulus;
a second RF transmitter;
a second RF receiver;
a presentation device; and
a processor unit operatively coupled to the trigger generation means, the second RF transmitter, the second RF receiver, and the presentation device, the processor unit adapted to cause the second RF transmitter to transmit a status request signal to the first RF receiver of the central control unit in response to the status request trigger signal generated by trigger generation means, to extract status data from a status message received by the second RF receiver from the first RF transmitter;
to provide the status data to the presentation device for presentation to the user;
to store the status data for a timeout period; and
to re-present the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period.- View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. In a security system comprising a central control unit located within a premises being monitored, a remote indication device in wireless communication with the central control unit, and a plurality of security system peripheral devices in communication with the central control unit;
- a method for providing status of the security system to a user, comprising the steps of;
(a) generating, as a result of a stimulus external to the central control unit, a status request trigger signal by a security system peripheral device in communication with the central control unit;
(b) the central control unit receiving the status request trigger signal from the peripheral device;
(c) the central control unit transmitting an RF status signal comprising status data of the security system;
(d) the remote indication device receiving the RF status signal;
(e) the remote indication device extracting the status data from the status RF signal;
(f) the remote indication device presenting the status data to the user;
(g) storing the status data for a timeout period; and
(h) re-presenting the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
- a method for providing status of the security system to a user, comprising the steps of;
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46. A security system comprising:
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a plurality of security system peripheral devices;
a central control unit in communication with the plurality of security system peripheral devices, and comprising;
means for receiving a status request trigger signal from one of the peripheral devices as a result of a stimulus external to the central control unit, and means for transmitting an RF status signal comprising status data of the security system; and
a remote indication device in communication with the central control unit comprising;
an RF receiver;
a presentation device; and
a processor unit operatively coupled to the RF receiver and the presentation device, the processor unit adapted to extract the status data from the RF status signal received by the RF receiver from the central control unit;
to provide the status data to the presentation device for presentation to the user;
to store the status data for a timeout period; and
to represent the status data to the user in response to a subsequent status request trigger signal prior to lapse of the timeout period.- View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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