Alarm panel phone number capture and substitution
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1. A method comprising:
- connecting a rerouting processor to a communication port of an alarm panel;
the connected processor capturing an alarm notification sent from the alarm panel through the communication port, said alarm notification including a destination telephone number of a first central monitoring station;
the connected processor altering the captured alarm notification by deleting the destination telephone number from the captured alarm notification;
the connected processor routing the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station; and
the connected rerouting processor altering messages in each direction between the alarm panel and second monitoring station to allow the use of the second central monitoring station in place of the first central monitoring station including at least replacing any source identifier of the second central monitoring station with a source identifier of the first monitoring station.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of connecting a rerouting processor to a communication port of an alarm panel, the connected processor capturing an alarm notification sent from the alarm panel through the communication port, said alarm notification including a destination telephone number of a first central monitoring station, the connected processor altering the captured alarm notification by deleting the destination telephone number from the captured alarm notification and the connected processor routing the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station.
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1. A method comprising:
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connecting a rerouting processor to a communication port of an alarm panel; the connected processor capturing an alarm notification sent from the alarm panel through the communication port, said alarm notification including a destination telephone number of a first central monitoring station; the connected processor altering the captured alarm notification by deleting the destination telephone number from the captured alarm notification; the connected processor routing the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station; and the connected rerouting processor altering messages in each direction between the alarm panel and second monitoring station to allow the use of the second central monitoring station in place of the first central monitoring station including at least replacing any source identifier of the second central monitoring station with a source identifier of the first monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A apparatus comprising:
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an alarm panel; a communication port disposed on the alarm panel; an alarm notification sent from the alarm panel through the communication port, said alarm notification including a destination telephone number of a first central monitoring station; and a routing processor that captures the alarm notification message from the communication port, that alters the captured alarm notification by deleting the destination telephone number from the captured alarm notification and that routes the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station, wherein the routing processor alters messages in each direction between the alarm panel and second monitoring station to allow the use of the second central monitoring station in place of the first central monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a rerouting processor coupled to a communication port of an alarm panel; means within the rerouting processor for capturing an alarm notification sent from the alarm panel through the communication port, said alarm notification including a destination telephone number of a first central monitoring station; means within the rerouting processor for altering the captured alarm notification by deleting the destination telephone number from the captured alarm notification; and means within the rerouting processor for routing the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station; and the rerouting processor alters messages in each direction between the alarm panel and second monitoring station to allow the use of the second central monitoring station in place of the first central monitoring station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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