Alarm system detector geofencing
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorMurali R
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and processes of alarm system detector geofencing are described herein. One method, includes defining, a geofenced area within a facility, the geofenced area defined by a communication range of a communication functionality of at least one of a number of event detection devices of a facility event detection alarm system, using the communication functionality to communicate between the number of event detection devices and a portable device wherein the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices are within a threshold communication range of each other, and determining whether the portable device is within the geofenced area based on the communication between the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- defining a geofenced area within a facility, the geofenced area defined by a communication range of a communication functionality of at least one of a number of event detection devices of a facility event detection alarm system;
- using the communication functionality to communicate between the number of event detection devices and a portable device wherein the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices are within a threshold communication range of each other;
- determining whether the portable device is within the geofenced area based on the communication between the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices;
- and
- providing information specific to another geofenced area that is adjacent to the geofenced area, wherein the information is descriptive of an event occurring in the facility.
A system, comprising:
- a number of event detection devices configured to detect an event within a building;
- and
- an alarm system control panel configured to receive information about the event or event detection devices and transmit the information to a computing device;
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- define a geofenced area within a facility, the geofenced area defined by a communication range of a communication functionality of at least one of a number of event detection devices of a facility event detection alarm system;
- use the communication functionality to communicate between the number of event detection devices and a portable device wherein the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices are within a threshold communication range of each other;
- determine whether the portable device is within the geofenced area based on the communication between the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices;
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- provide information specific to another geofenced area that is adjacent to the geofenced area, wherein the information is descriptive of an event occurring in the facility.
A method, comprising:
- defining a geofenced area within a facility, the geofenced area defined by a communication range of a communication functionality of at least one of a number of event detection devices of a facility event detection alarm system;
- using the communication functionality to communicate between the number of event detection devices and a portable device wherein the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices are within a threshold communication range of each other;
- determining whether the portable device is within the geofenced area based on the proximity of the portable device and the at least one of the event detection devices determined via communication between the portable device and at least one of the event detection devices;
- and
- providing information specific to another geofenced area that is adjacent to the geofenced area, wherein the information is descriptive of an event occurring in the facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.