Wireless interface device allowing a reliable digital and audio communication transfer between a security system, POTS and/or IP network modem device

• US 9,049,307 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2008
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Tyroler, Dan, Orlando, Robert J., Rothman, Ronald K., Jordan, Ray, Lizza, Alfred M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Teshale, Akelaw
• Application Number:
  US12/253,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20100097210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,419 Days
• Field of Search: 379 37- 49, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/410, 340/506, 340/541, 340/628, 340/632, 340/540, 348/143, 348/14.01, 348/152, 348/155
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A system, method process and apparatus is presented for interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system, comprising, a control panel having one or more first radio receiver/transceivers and one or more remote alarm sensors coupled to the control panel and the control panel receiving one or more digital reports from each one or more remote alarm sensors, a wireless interface device having one or more second radio receiver/transceivers for receiving the digital reports from the control panel unit and for establishing two-way voice communication between the control panel and the wireless interface unit, one or more telephone units coupled to the wireless interface device for communicating with the wireless interface unit and at least one POTS and/or IP network modem device coupled to the wireless interface device, an IP network, wherein, the wireless interface device includes a communication processing unit for transmitting one or more digital reports to a monitoring service via the POTS and/or IP network and for establishing two-way voice communication between the control panel and the monitoring service via a voice channel connection.

Claims

1. A system for interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system, comprising:

a control panel within a premises of a premises owner, the control panel having one or more first radio transceivers and one or more remote alarm sensors coupled directly to said control panel, said control panel receiving one or more digital reports from each said one or more remote alarm sensors;

a wireless interface device within the premises, the wireless interface device having one or more second radio transceivers that receive said one or more digital reports directly from said control panel and that establish a two-way voice connection between said control panel and said wireless interface device;

one or more telephone devices within the premises, the one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device that communicate with a plain old telephone system (POTS); and

an IP network modem device within the premises, the IP network modem device coupled to said wireless interface device and an IP network,

wherein, said wireless interface device includes a communication processing device that controls a transmission of said one or more digital reports to a monitoring service via said IP network and that establishes a two-way voice communication between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from said monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of said one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device and wherein the wireless interface device establishes two-way voice communication between said control panel and said wireless interface device through the first and second radio transceivers.

2. The system in claim 1, wherein said monitoring service remotely controls said communication processing device.

3. The system in claim 2, wherein said communication processing device is adapted for disconnecting each said one or more telephone devices from a voice connection and seizes said voice connection as required either while sending said one or more digital reports or while establishing said two-way communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

4. The system in claim 3, wherein said security system further comprises:

an IP router disposed between said IP network modem device and said wireless interface device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more first and second radio transceivers provides said digital and audio communications via a WiFi, a Bluetooth™

or a Zigbee radio standard.

6. A wireless interface device within a premises of a premises owner for communicating digital and audio communications in a security system of the premises, comprising:

one or more radio transceivers that establishes direct two-way voice communication between said wireless interface device within the premises and a control panel within the premises and that transfers one or more digital reports from the control panel to said wireless interface device;

a first port that transmits one or more digital reports received from the control panel to a monitoring service via an IP network;

a second port that receives and transmits two-way voice communications;

a third port that connects one or more telephones to said wireless interface device; and

a communication processor that controls the transmitting of said one or more digital reports via said IP network and transmitting and receiving two-way voice communications and that interfaces said control panel and said monitoring service, wherein the communication processor initiates the transmitting and receiving of the two-way communications between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from the monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of the one or more digital reports received through the wireless

7. The wireless interface device of claim 6 wherein said communication processor is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

8. The wireless interface device of claim 7, wherein said communication processor disconnects each said one or more telephones from a voice connection and seizes said voice connection for establishing said two-way communication between said control panel and said monitoring service. interface device.

9. A wireless interface device within a premises of a premises owner for communicating digital and audio communications in a security system of the premises, comprising:

one or more radio transceivers that establishes direct two-way voice communication between said wireless interface device and a control panel within the premises and that transfers one or more digital reports from the control panel to the wireless interface device;

a first port that transmits the one or more digital reports received from the control panel and transmits and receives two-way voice communications on a plain old telephone system (POTS) phone connection;

a second port that connects one or more telephones to said wireless interface device; and

a communication processor that controls the transmitting of said one or more digital reports over POTS and transmitting and receiving two-way voice communications and that interfaces said control panel and a monitoring service wherein the communication processor initiates the transmitting and receiving of the two-way communications between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from the monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of the one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device.

10. The wireless interface device of claim 9 wherein said communication processor is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

11. The wireless interface device of claim 10, wherein said communication processor disconnects each said one or more telephones from a voice connection and seizes said voice connection for establishing said two-way communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

12. A wireless interface device within a premises of a premises owner for communicating digital and audio communications in a security system of the premises, comprising:

one or more radio transceivers within the premises that establishes direct two-way voice communication between said wireless interface device and a control panel within the premises, the transfers one or more digital reports from the control panel and said wireless interface devices and that establishes a two-way voice connection between the control panel and the wireless interface device;

a first port that transmits the one or more digital reports from the control panel and that transmits and receives two-way voice communications via an analog port of a broadband modem;

a second port that connects one or more telephones to said wireless interface; and

a communication processor that controls the transmitting said one or more digital reports over the analog port of said broadband modem and transmitting and receiving two-way voice communications and that interfaces said control panel and a monitoring service wherein the communication processor initiates the transmitting and receiving of the two-way communications between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from the monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of the one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device.

13. The wireless interface device of claim 12 wherein said communication processor is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

14. The wireless interface device of claim 13, wherein said communication processor disconnects each said one or more telephones from a voice connection and seizes said voice connection for establishing said two-way communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

15. A method of interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system within a premises of a premises owner, comprising the steps of:

(1) sending one or more digital reports from one or more remote sensors within the premises of said security system to a control panel within the premises at a predetermined interval;

(2) re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device within the premises, said wireless interface device coupled to an IP network for forwarding said one or more digital reports to a monitoring service;

(3) receiving by said wireless interface device a two-way voice communication request from said monitoring service for two-way communication between the premises owner through the control panel and said monitoring device; and

(4) establishing two-way voice communication between said control panel and said monitoring service through a wireless connection between the control panel and wireless interface device wherein the request for the two-way communications between said control panel and said monitoring service is received in response to an alarm report of any of the one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, while performing the step of re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device, said wireless interface device is not coupled to an IP network modem device and instead coupled directly to a plain old telephone system (POTS) phone line via a rj31x jack.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said steps of (2) through (4) are performed by a communication processor, which is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step (3) further comprising the sub-step of (a) disconnecting by said communication processor, one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device and seizing a voice connection for establishing said two-way voice communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (3) further comprising the sub-step of:

(a) disconnecting by said communication processor, one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device and seizing a voice connection for establishing said two-way voice communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

20. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system within a premises of a premises owner, comprising:

a process for sending one or more digital reports from one or more remote sensors within the premises of said security system to a control panel within the premises at a predetermined interval;

a process for re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device, said wireless interface device coupled to an IP network for forwarding said one or more digital reports to a monitoring service;

a process for receiving by said wireless interface device a two-way voice communication request from said monitoring service; and

a process for establishing two-way voice communication between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service through the wireless interface and a wireless connection between the control panel and wireless interface device wherein the request for the two-way communications between said control panel and said monitoring service is received in response to an alarm report of any of the one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device.

21. The program storage device of claim 20, wherein the process of re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device, said wireless interface device is not coupled to an IP network modem device and instead coupled directly to a plain old telephone system (POTS) phone line via a rj31x jack.

22. The program storage device of claim 21, wherein said processes are performed by a communication processor, which is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein process for re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device, further comprising the sub-process of:

disconnecting by said communication processor, one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device and seizing a voice connection for establishing said two-way voice communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

24. The program storage device of claim 20, wherein said processes are performed by a communication processor, which is remotely controlled by said monitoring service.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the process for re-sending wirelessly said received one or more digital reports to a wireless interface device, further comprising the sub-process of:

disconnecting by said communication processor, one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device and seizing a voice connection for establishing said two-way voice communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

26. A system for interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system within a premises of a premises owner, comprising:

a control panel having one or more first radio transceivers and one or more remote alarm sensors directly coupled to said control panel, said control panel receiving one or more digital reports from each said one or more remote alarm sensors;

a wireless interface device within the premises having one or more second radio transceivers that directly receives said one or more digital reports from said control panel and that establishes a two-way voice connection between the control panel and the wireless interface device;

one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device for communicating with a plain old telephone system (POTS); and

a plain old telephone system (POTS) phone jack coupled to said wireless interface device and a public switched telephone network (PSTN), wherein, said wireless interface device includes a communication processing device that controls a transmission of said one or more digital reports to a monitoring service via said PSTN and that establishes a two-way voice communication between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from said monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of said one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device and said wireless interface devices establishes two-way voice communication between said control panel and said wireless interface device.

27. The system in claim 26, wherein said monitoring service remotely controls said communication processing device.

28. The system in claim 27, wherein said communication processing device is adapted for disconnecting each said one or more telephone devices from a voice connection and seizes said voice connection as required either while sending said one or more digital reports or while establishing said two-way communication between said control panel and said monitoring service.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein said one or more first and second radio transceivers provides said digital and audio communications via a WiFi, a Bluetooth™

or a Zigbee radio standard.