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US 11,688,274 B2Granted
System and method for alarm signaling during alarm system destruction
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorsStephen Scott Trundle, Alison Jane Slavin, Jean-Paul Martin
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Abstract
A system and method provide for the immediate transmission of a potential alarm to a remote alarm signal escrow site and from the escrow site to a host station in the event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or destroyed by a disablement tactic, e.g., a “crash and smash intrusion.” A system and method may also send an alarm signal during such an attack by using predictive analysis of real-time events.
Claims20
A method for escrow site alarm signaling, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an escrow site and from a control panel or a monitor device located at a property, a message indicating an alarm signal at the property, the escrow site being remote from the property;
- monitoring, by the escrow site, for at least one of a message indicating that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted, a message indicating that the control panel or the monitor device has detected that a connection has been disabled, or a message indicating a cancellation of the alarm signal;
- based on the monitoring, receiving, by the escrow site, the message indicating that the connection has been disabled or determining, by the escrow site, that the escrow site has failed to receive any message as part of the monitoring;
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- based on receipt of the message indicating that the connection has been disabled or the determination that the escrow site has failed to receive any message, transmitting, by the escrow site and to a host station, a message that indicates a crash and smash intrusion at the property.
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A monitoring system comprising:
- a control panel or a monitor device that is located at a property;
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- an escrow site that is located remote from the property, the escrow site being configured to:
- receive, from the control panel or the monitor device located at the property, a message indicating an alarm signal at the property;
- monitor for at least one of a message indicating that the alarm signal has been successfully transmitted, a message indicating that the control panel or the monitor device has detected that a connection has been disabled, or a message indicating a cancellation of the alarm signal;
- based on the monitoring, receive the message indicating that the connection has been disabled or determine that the escrow site has failed to receive any message as part of the monitoring;
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- based on receipt of the message indicating that the connection has been disabled or the determination that the escrow site has failed to receive any message, transmit, to a host station, a message that indicates a crash and smash intrusion at the property.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.