Cordless phone system with integrated alarm and remote monitoring capability
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1. A cordless telephone system for notifying a home owner of a possible home security event in a home of the home owner, the cordless telephone system, comprising:
- a base unit having a base unit memory configured to store an alert telephone number for a mobile telephone of the home owner; and
a plurality of handsets associated with the base unit, each handset having a digital signal processor configured to detect a noise level,wherein during a home security mode of operation of the cordless telephone system, each of the plurality of handsets is configured to;
detect a noise level;
compare the detected noise level to a threshold noise level; and
in response to detecting that the noise level exceeds the threshold noise level, cause a call to be initiated to the mobile telephone of the home owner associated with the alert telephone number and a notification message to be presented to the home owner via the call to the mobile telephone, and wherein the notification message includes a location of a handset that has detected noise level that exceeds the threshold noise level.
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Abstract
A cordless telephone system provides home security. Each handset associated with the cordless telephone system detects an event, such as a noise level that exceeds a threshold noise level, smoke, carbon monoxide, intrusion or moisture level. If an event is detected the system initiates a telephone call through the base unit to an alert telephone number. When the telephone call to the alert telephone number is established, a message is played to provide notification of the event.
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1. A cordless telephone system for notifying a home owner of a possible home security event in a home of the home owner, the cordless telephone system, comprising:
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a base unit having a base unit memory configured to store an alert telephone number for a mobile telephone of the home owner; and a plurality of handsets associated with the base unit, each handset having a digital signal processor configured to detect a noise level, wherein during a home security mode of operation of the cordless telephone system, each of the plurality of handsets is configured to; detect a noise level; compare the detected noise level to a threshold noise level; and in response to detecting that the noise level exceeds the threshold noise level, cause a call to be initiated to the mobile telephone of the home owner associated with the alert telephone number and a notification message to be presented to the home owner via the call to the mobile telephone, and wherein the notification message includes a location of a handset that has detected noise level that exceeds the threshold noise level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for notifying a home owner of a possible home security event detected in a home of the home owner, the method, comprising:
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placing a cordless telephone system in a home security mode of operation; entering a phone number for a mobile telephone of the home owner into the cordless telephone system; detecting an event in the home through a plurality of the handsets and the base station of the cordless telephone system that are positioned in various locations in the home, each handset including noise detection control circuitry and a speaker; using the phone number to initiate a telephone call to the mobile telephone of the home owner upon one of the plurality of handsets detecting noise level exceeding a threshold noise level; and presenting the home owner a notification message regarding the detected event via the initiated telephone call, wherein the notification message includes a location of a handset that has detected noise level that exceeds the threshold noise level. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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