Temporary security bypass method and apparatus
AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lamb, Carlo Q. Petrucci
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for temporarily disarming a barrier alarm in a security system. In one embodiment, a method is described, performed by a barrier alarm in communication with a central controller, where the barrier alarm receives a first signal from a user interface on the barrier alarm to disarm the barrier alarm, disables the barrier alarm in response to receiving the indication, and re-arming the barrier alarm upon receipt of a second signal from a sensor that forms part of the barrier alarm.
Claims12
A method performed by a barrier alarm in communication with a central controller, comprising:
- receiving a first signal, by a processor within the barrier alarm from a user interface on the barrier alarm, to disarm the barrier alarm;
- transmitting, by the processor via a transmitter coupled to the processor, an indication to the central controller, the indication instructing the central controller to enter a bypass mode relating to the barrier alarm;
- receiving a second signal, by the processor, to exit the bypass mode;
- transmitting, by the processor via the transmitter, a second indication to the central controller, the second indication instructing the central controller to exit the bypass mode relating to the barrier alarm.
A barrier alarm having a bypass capability, the barrier alarm in communication with a central controller, comprising:
- a sensor for detecting when a barrier monitored by the barrier alarm is in a first position;
- a user input device for receiving an indication from a user to bypass the barrier alarm;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
- a transmitter;
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- a processor coupled to the sensor, the user input device, the memory and the transmitter, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the barrier alarm to:
- receive a first signal, by the processor from the user input device, to disarm the barrier alarm;
- transmit, by the processor via the transmitter, the indication to the central controller, the indication instructing the central controller to enter a bypass mode relating to the barrier alarm;
- receive a second signal, by the processor, to exit the bypass mode;
- transmit, by the processor via the transmitter, a second indication to the central controller, the second indication instructing the central controller to exit the bypass mode relating to the barrier alarm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.