Reduced false alarm security system
AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Lamb, Kenneth Sweeney
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Abstract
Embodiments of a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving an alarm signal from an occupancy sensor via a receiver, receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the alarm signal, determining, by a processor, an elapsed time from when the alarm signal from the occupancy sensor was received to when the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device was received, transmitting, by the processor via a network interface, a message to a personal communication device indicating that a false alarm has occurred when the elapsed time is less than the predetermined time.
Claims16
A method performed by a central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms in a security system, comprising:
- receiving a first alarm signal from a motion sensor;
- receiving a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device after receiving the first alarm signal;
- determining that the second alarm signal was received within a predetermined time from the first alarm signal;
- in response to determining that the second alarm signal was received within a predetermined time from the first alarm signal, generating an alert to notify a user of a potential alarm condition;
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- generating a second alert when the potential alarm condition is not canceled within a second predetermined time.
A central security monitoring device for reducing incidences of false alarms of a security system, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a first alarm signal from a motion sensor and a second alarm signal from a barrier alarm device;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions, a predetermined time and a cancellation time;
- a processor, coupled to the memory and the receiver, for executing the processor-executable instructions that cause the central security monitoring device to:
- receive the first alarm signal from the motion sensor;
- receive the second alarm signal from the barrier alarm device after receiving the first alarm signal;
- determine that the second alarm signal was received within the predetermined time from the first alarm signal;
- in response to determining that the second alarm signal was received within the predetermined time from the first alarm signal, generate an alert to notify a user of a potential alarm condition;
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- generate a second alert when the potential alarm condition is not canceled within the cancellation time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.