System and method for alarm signaling during alarm system destruction
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1. A method for handling an alarm situation, the method comprising:
- identifying an alarm situation at a location of a monitored property by one or more sensors or by a control panel;
transmitting, to a remote escrow site that is different than a remote host station and that is physically separate from the monitored property, a message that indicates that an alarm signal is expected to be transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel based on an identification of the alarm situation at the location of the monitored property; and
transmitting, to the remote escrow site, an update message that indicates that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled, wherein receipt of the update message that indicates that the alarm signal was successfully transmitted or effectively cancelled results in no further signaling by the escrow site for the alarm situation identified at the location of the monitored property.
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Abstract
A system and method provide for the immediate transmission of a potential alarm to a remote alarm signal escrow site and from the escrow site to a host station in the event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or destroyed by a disablement tactic, e.g., a “crash and smash intrusion.” A system and method may also send an alarm signal during such an attack by using predictive analysis of real-time events.
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1. A method for handling an alarm situation, the method comprising:
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identifying an alarm situation at a location of a monitored property by one or more sensors or by a control panel; transmitting, to a remote escrow site that is different than a remote host station and that is physically separate from the monitored property, a message that indicates that an alarm signal is expected to be transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel based on an identification of the alarm situation at the location of the monitored property; and transmitting, to the remote escrow site, an update message that indicates that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled, wherein receipt of the update message that indicates that the alarm signal was successfully transmitted or effectively cancelled results in no further signaling by the escrow site for the alarm situation identified at the location of the monitored property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An alarm system for handling an alarm situation, the system comprising:
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one or more sensors for identifying an alarm situation at a location of a monitored property; and a control panel that transmits, to a remote escrow site that is different than a remote host station and that is physically separate from the monitored property, a message that indicates that an alarm signal is expected to be transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel based on an identification of the alarm situation at the location of the monitored property, and transmits, to the remote escrow site, an update message that indicates that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled, wherein receipt of the update message that indicates that the alarm signal was successfully transmitted or effectively cancelled results in no further signaling by the escrow site for the alarm situation identified at the location of the monitored property. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An alarm system for providing an alarm signal comprising:
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a receiver at a remote escrow site that is physically separate from a monitored property and that receives a signal indicating an alarm or a non-alarm event at a location of the monitored property, receives a message that an alarm signal is expected to be transmitted to a remote host station from one or more sensors or a control panel, and receives an update message indicating whether the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled; and a transmitter at the remote escrow site that transmits alarm data to the remote host station based on the update message indicating whether the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from the one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled, wherein receipt of an update message by the receiver indicating that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted to the remote host station from one or more sensors or the control panel, or that the alarm signal has been effectively cancelled, results in no further signaling by the transmitter to the remote host station for the alarm situation identified at the location of the monitored property. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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