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 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 notification message to be presented to the telephone of the home owner associated with the alert telephone number, and wherein the notification message includes the 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 presents a message from the base unit to an alert telephone number of the home owner that provides 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 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 notification message to be presented to the telephone of the home owner associated with the alert telephone number, and wherein the notification message includes the 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)
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17. 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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providing a cordless telephone system in a home security mode of operation, wherein a phone number for a mobile telephone of the home owner is stored in the cordless telephone system; detecting an event in the home through at least one of a plurality of the handsets and the base station of the cordless telephone system that are positioned in various locations in the home, each of the plurality of the handsets including noise detection control circuitry and a speaker; using the phone number to present the home owner with a notification message regarding the detected event, wherein the notification message includes a location of a handset that has detected noise level that exceeds a threshold noise level; and playing an alarm message through a speaker of a handset of the plurality of the handsets that detected a noise threshold being exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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