Integrated security system and method
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1. An asset monitoring system, comprising:
- a transceiver operable to communicate with a tag associated with an asset; and
a controller operable to determine whether the tag fails to communicate with the controller and to trigger an alarm of a security system in response to the determination, the security system comprising a security system controller operable to use input from a plurality of sensors to determine whether to trigger the alarm, the sensors configured to monitor a plurality of characteristics associated with a monitored structure, the controller appearing as another one of the sensors to the security system controller.
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Abstract
An asset subsystem is provided for use in a security system. The security system includes a security system controller operable to trigger an alarm. The asset subsystem includes a transceiver operable to communicate a first signal to a tag associated with an asset and to receive a second signal communicated by the tag in response to the first signal. The asset subsystem also includes a controller operable to determine whether the tag failed to communicate the second signal to the transceiver and trigger the alarm in response to determining that the tag failed to communicate the second signal to the transceiver.
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20 Claims
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1. An asset monitoring system, comprising:
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a transceiver operable to communicate with a tag associated with an asset; and a controller operable to determine whether the tag fails to communicate with the controller and to trigger an alarm of a security system in response to the determination, the security system comprising a security system controller operable to use input from a plurality of sensors to determine whether to trigger the alarm, the sensors configured to monitor a plurality of characteristics associated with a monitored structure, the controller appearing as another one of the sensors to the security system controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A security system, comprising:
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an alarm; a plurality of sensors configured to monitor a plurality of characteristics associated with a monitored structure; a security system controller operable to trigger the alarm based on input from the sensors; a transceiver operable to communicate with a tag associated with an asset; and a controller operable to determine whether the tag fails to communicate with the controller and to trigger the alarm in response to the determination, the controller appearing as another one of the sensors to the security system controller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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receiving input from a plurality of sensors, the sensors associated with a security system operable to monitor a structure, the sensors configured to monitor a plurality of characteristics associated with the monitored structure; determining whether to trigger an alarm based on the input from the sensors; determining whether a tag associated with an asset fails to communicate a signal, the asset located in or near the structure; and triggering the alarm in response to determining that the tag fails to communicate the signal; wherein an asset controller determines whether the tag fails to communicate the signal, the asset controller appearing as another one of the sensors to a security system controller in the security system, the security system controller triggering the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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