Wireless phone-interface device
First Claim
1. A phone-interface device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from a control panel that receives signals from at least two sensors and that determines whether to send an alarm report to said phone interface device, wherein the wireless signal from the control panel encodes information regarding a sensor event monitored by a monitoring station;
a phone port configured to connect to a telephone line and to receive configuration data from the monitoring station, wherein the phone-interface device including the receiver and the phone port is a device separate than the control panel that receives the signals from the at least two sensors;
power supply comprising the telephone line; and
a controller comprising a processor configured to receive, via the telephone line, power used to energize a component.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a phone-interface device determines whether a problem has occurred at a control panel by determining whether a signal from the control panel has been received, and when a signal has not been received within a period of time, the phone-interface device transmits an error message to a monitoring station. In another aspect, the control panel determines whether a problem has occurred at the phone-interface device by determining whether a signal from the phone-interface device has been received, and when a signal has not been received within a period of time, the control panel transmits an error message to a user. In another aspect, the phone-interface device contains memory to buffer data transferred between the control panel and a monitoring station. In this way, a high-speed connection between the phone-interface and the monitoring station can be accommodated while using a lower-speed connection between the phone-interface device and the control panel.
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33 Claims
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1. A phone-interface device, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from a control panel that receives signals from at least two sensors and that determines whether to send an alarm report to said phone interface device, wherein the wireless signal from the control panel encodes information regarding a sensor event monitored by a monitoring station; a phone port configured to connect to a telephone line and to receive configuration data from the monitoring station, wherein the phone-interface device including the receiver and the phone port is a device separate than the control panel that receives the signals from the at least two sensors; power supply comprising the telephone line; and a controller comprising a processor configured to receive, via the telephone line, power used to energize a component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A phone-interface device, comprising:
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a phone port configured to connect to a telephone line and to receive configuration data from a monitoring station, wherein the monitoring station monitors a sensor event based on signals generated by a sensor; a transmitter configured to send the configuration data via a wireless signal to a control panel, wherein the control panel is configured to receive the signals from the sensor, and the phone-interface device including the transmitter and the phone port is a device separate than the control panel that receives the signals from the sensor; a power supply comprising the telephone line; and a controller comprising a processor configured to receive, via the telephone line, power used to energize a component. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A phone-interface device configured to transmit data to a control panel, the phone-interface device comprising:
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a phone port; a transmitter configured to send data received from the phone port to the control panel utilizing wireless transmission; and a memory, wherein if a wireless link between the phone-interface device and the control panel is not fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port, the data is saved to the memory at the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port, and then the data is transferred from the memory to the control panel at a data transfer rate equal to or less than the data transfer rate of the wireless link, and if the wireless link between the phone-interface device and the control panel is fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port, the data is transferred real time from the phone port to the control panel at the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port.
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30. A phone-interface device configured to receive data from a control panel, the phone-interface device comprising:
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a phone port; a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from the control panel for transmission through the phone port; and a memory, wherein if a wireless link between the control panel and the phone-interface device is not fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data to be transmitted from the phone port, the data is saved to the memory at the data transfer rate of the wireless link, then the data is transferred from the memory to the phone port at a data transfer approximately equal to the data transfer rate of the phone port, and if the wireless link between the control panel and the phone-interface device is fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data to be transmitted from the phone port, the data is transferred real time from the control panel to the phone port at the data transfer rate of the data to be transmitted from the phone port.
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31. A security system comprising:
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an entry sensor; a phone-interface device comprising a phone port, a controller and a wireless receiver; and a control panel comprising a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a provisional alarm to the wireless receiver upon activation of the entry sensor, if the phone interface device receiver receives the provisional alarm, then the phone-interface device controller is configured to send an alarm message through the phone port unless a disarm message is received by the phone-interface device receiver from the control panel transmitter within a pre-determined period of time from the reception by the receiver of the provisional alarm.
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32. A phone-interface device configured to transmit data to a control panel, the phone-interface device comprising:
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a phone port; a transmitter configured to send data received from the phone port to the control panel utilizing wireless transmission; and a memory, wherein if a wireless link between the phone-interface device and the control panel is not fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port, the data is saved to the memory at the data transfer rate of the data arriving at the phone port, and then the data is transferred from the memory to the control panel at a data transfer rate equal to or less than the data transfer rate of the wireless link.
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33. A phone-interface device configured to receive data from a control panel, the phone-interface device comprising:
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a phone port; a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from the control panel for transmission through the phone port; and a memory, wherein if a wireless link between the control panel and the phone-interface device is not fast enough to keep up with the data transfer rate of the data to be transmitted from the phone port, the data is saved to the memory at the data transfer rate of the wireless link, then the data is transferred from the memory to the phone port at a data transfer approximately equal to the data transfer rate of the phone port.
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