Service entrance alarm system and methods of using the same
AssigneeSecurity Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert Barr, Bert Ohlig
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Abstract
The present invention provides an alarm system capable of monitoring and controlling access to a controlled area using a central controller and access keys each having specified permissions. The system is operable to record images or video of the access entrance areas, utilize sensors for detecting tampering with the hardware of the system; sound alarms when the rules of the alarm system are violated; send alerts to management and other authorized personnel when the rules of the alarm system are violated; and log and correlate data regarding the use of the access keys and images/video taken with the dates and times, and the identities of the access key holders to deter any misuse of the alarm system.
Claims41
An alarm system for an access entrance, the alarm system comprising:
- a. a programmable controller;
- b. an electronic key-switch in electronic communication with the controller;
- c. at least one electronic access device operable to electronically activate said key-switch to send data to said controller and said controller retrieves an electronic record associated with said at least one electronic access device stored in a memory of said controller, said electronic record defining access credentials for said at least one electronic access device, wherein said access credentials define whether said electronic access device is authorized to open said access entrance and said controller deactivates an alarm at the access entrance if said electronic access device is authorized to open said access entrance;
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- d. a secure housing for the programmable controller and at least one sensor for monitoring and determining whether the housing door is an open or closed condition having a housing door with a locking device, wherein the housing includes a tamper-resistant sensor that is operable to detect magnetic tampering with the controller, the tamper-resistant sensor being in electronic communication with the controller.
An alarm system for an access entrance, the alarm system comprising:
- a. a programmable controller;
- b. an electronic key-switch in electronic communication with the controller;
- c. at least one electronic access device operable to electronically activate said key-switch to send data to said controller and said controller retrieves an electronic record associated with said at least one electronic access device stored in a memory of said controller, said electronic record defining access credentials for said at least one electronic access device, wherein said access credentials define whether said electronic access device is authorized to open said access entrance and said controller deactivates an alarm at the access entrance if said electronic access device is authorized to open said access entrance;
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- d. a secure housing having a housing door with a locking device, wherein said alarm system includes a plurality of electronic access devices, and said controller is operable to store unique access credentials for each of said plurality of electronic access devices, wherein at least one of said access credentials is authorized to unlock the locking device upon a user activating a locking switch with an electronic access device associated with said at least one of said access credentials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.