System and method for capturing and rerouting an individual local security system
First Claim
1. A method of controlling an installed security system that is reporting to a central monitoring station where each installed security system is identified by an individual security system identifier, the method including the steps of:
- programming one or more individual security system identifiers into a receiver, said one or more individual security system identifiers are a subset of all of the individual security system identifiers that report into the receiver;
capturing one of said one or more of installed security systems when said one individual security system reports into said central monitoring station; and
transmitting at least one preprogrammed message to a captured installed security system.
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Abstract
A method and system used by a central monitoring station to monitor and control a local installed security system. The method includes programming into a receiver an identifier for a local security system to be captured and controlled. Programming a control instruction for the local installed system into a receiver. Transmitting the control instruction to a local security system. The method and apparatus allows a central monitoring station to obtain control of an installed security system even in the case where ownership of the security system has changed hands and the identification number has changed. The apparatus includes a plurality of receivers and transmitters for transmitting information between the central monitoring station and a plurality of installed security systems, an automation computer for processing received messages from the installed security systems, and a configuration computer that configures and controls the installed local security systems.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of controlling an installed security system that is reporting to a central monitoring station where each installed security system is identified by an individual security system identifier, the method including the steps of:
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programming one or more individual security system identifiers into a receiver, said one or more individual security system identifiers are a subset of all of the individual security system identifiers that report into the receiver; capturing one of said one or more of installed security systems when said one individual security system reports into said central monitoring station; and transmitting at least one preprogrammed message to a captured installed security system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A monitoring system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of local security systems comprising:
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means for capturing one or more local security system; means for reprogramming one or more functions of a captured local security system; and means for programming one or more local security system to be captured, said one or more local security system being a subset of all local security system reporting into a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A monitoring receiver for monitoring and controlling local installed security systems comprising:
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user interface means for inputting an identifier corresponding to a local security system that an operator desires to capture and for entering a plurality of messages to be transmitted to a captured local security system said local security system being a sub-set of all of the local security systems that report to a receiver; determination means for determining whether said identifier stored in a memory section corresponds to a local security system that is calling said receiver; and control section for capturing said local security system based upon a determination by said determination means. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A local security system device comprising:
- a processor for executing computer-readable program code provided on computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable program code having instructions which causes said processor to execute the following steps;
receiving a unique control signal from a remote monitoring receiver said unique control signal being distinct from a standard control signal that is transmitted when a local security system initiates a contact with a remote monitoring receiver; remaining in contact with said remote monitoring receiver upon receipt of said unique control signal; receiving at least one instruction from said remote monitoring receiver; and executing said at least one instruction which is received from said remote monitoring receiver. - View Dependent Claims (24)
- a processor for executing computer-readable program code provided on computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable program code having instructions which causes said processor to execute the following steps;
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25. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium for controlling a processor in a local security system, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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program code for receiving a unique control signal from a remote monitoring receiver said unique control signal being distinct from a standard control signal that is transmitted when a local security system initiates a contact with a remote monitoring receiver; program code for remaining in contact with said remote monitoring receiver upon receipt of said unique control signal; program code for receiving at least one instruction from said remote monitoring receiver; and program code for executing said at least one instruction which is received from said remote monitoring receiver.
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