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Voice and video over internet protocol enabled security system

  • US 8,223,201 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2009
  • Issued: 07/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a security system comprising:

  • providing a security panel coupled to a plurality of security sensors;

    a central monitoring station monitoring the security panel;

    coupling the security panel to the central monitoring station via a public computer network through a first interface, and, an Ethernet connection or through a separate, wireless, interface;

    periodically generating a heartbeat within the security panel that is periodically sent to the central monitoring station to confirm the operability of the Ethernet connection and, enabling a person, displaced from the central monitoring station, to make a voice over Internet protocol point-to-point call to the security panel, via the computer network, to enable that person to silently monitor a vicinity of the security panel without otherwise being detected.

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