FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE HOME CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. A system comprising:
- a building control system;
a first gateway; and
a cellular device, wherein the building control system communicates on a fixed network, the first gateway is coupled to the fixed network, and the cellular device controls the building control system by interfacing with the fixed network via the first gateway.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling a building automation system with an FMC cellular device are provided. The FMC cellular device can locally interface with a building automation system via a femtocell base station or a wireless access point, remotely interface with a building automation system over a wide area network via a macrocell base station, or remotely interface with a building automation system via a GAN enabled wireless access point.
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21 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a building control system; a first gateway; and a cellular device, wherein the building control system communicates on a fixed network, the first gateway is coupled to the fixed network, and the cellular device controls the building control system by interfacing with the fixed network via the first gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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detecting a condition; generating an alert signal indicative of the condition; transmitting the alert signal to a first gateway over a fixed network; and wirelessly transmitting the alert signal to a cellular device via a wireless network, wherein the first gateway interfaces the wireless network with the fixed network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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monitoring data transmitted from a first gateway to a building control system; and responsive to any transmitted data, transmitting an alert signal from the building control system to the first gateway, wherein the first gateway is coupled to a cellular device, and the first gateway sends and receives commands to and from, respectively, the cellular device.
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21. A method comprising:
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dialing a phantom number from a cellular device, the cellular device coupled to a first gateway; transmitting data from the cellular device to the first gateway, the first gateway coupled to a building automation system; transmitting the data from the first gateway to the building automation system; monitoring the data transmitted from the first gateway to the building automation system; and responsive to the data transmitted from the first gateway to the building automation system, the building automation system executing a command carried in the data.
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