ALARM PANEL PHONE NUMBER CAPTURE AND SUBSTITUTION

• US 20110133909A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Beach, Chris, Chermak, Jim, Schmidt, Mark H., Brandstetter, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,704,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/286.06
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements

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.

Claims

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; and

the connected processor routing the altered alarm notification to a second central monitoring station that is different than the first monitoring station.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising the connected processor outdialing a telephone number of the second central monitoring station through a wire line connection.

3. The method as in claim 1 further comprising the connected processor outdialing a telephone number of the second central monitoring station through a cellular telephone connection.

4. The method as in claim 3 wherein the cellular connection further comprises a GSM/GPRS link.

5. The method as in claim 1 further comprising the connected processor detecting an end-to-end connection with the second central monitoring station and sending the altered notification to the second central monitoring station.

6. The method as in claim 1 wherein the step of routing the altered alarm notification further comprises sending the altered message via an Internet or Intranet connection.

7. The method as in claim 6 wherein the altered notification message further comprises an instant message.

8. The method as in claim 1 further comprising the processor sending an acknowledgement message to the alarm panel including at least an identifier of the first central monitoring station.

19. The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising means within the rerouting processor for outdialing a telephone number of the second central monitoring station through a cellular telephone connection.

20. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the cellular connection further comprises a GSM/GPRS link.

9. A apparatus comprising:

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.

10. The apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising an outdialed telephone number of the second central monitoring station sent through a wire line connection.

11. The apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising a cellular transceiver that outdials a telephone number of the second central monitoring station through a cellular telephone connection.

12. The apparatus as in claim 11 wherein the cellular connection further comprises a GSM/GPRS link.

13. The apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising an end-to-end connection detected between the second central monitoring station and the routing processor through which the altered notification is sent to the second central monitoring station.

14. The apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising an Internet or Intranet connection through which the altered message is sent to the second central monitoring station.

15. The apparatus as in claim 14 wherein the altered alarm notification message further comprises an instant message.

16. The method as in claim 9 further comprising the processor sending an acknowledgement message to the alarm panel including at least an identifier of the first central monitoring station.

17. An apparatus comprising:

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.

18. The apparatus as in claim 17 further comprising means within the rerouting processor for outdialing a telephone number of the second central monitoring station through a wire line connection.