Status alert system, method and apparatus for security systems
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorThomas Thibault
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Abstract
A barrier alarm device for reducing the occurrence of false alarms in a security system. A barrier alarm device receives a status message from a central security system controller indicating that a security system controlled by the central security system controller is in an armed-home state. In response to receiving the status message indicating that the security system is in an armed-home state, the barrier alarm device causes a status indicator of the barrier alarm to activate, thereby warning people inside a home or business that the security system is armed.
Claims20
A barrier alarm device, comprising:
- an internal barrier sensor, configured to detect when a barrier monitored by the barrier alarm device has been moved;
- a transceiver configured to transmit alarm signals and to receive security system status information;
- a non-transitory memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon;
- a status indicator;
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- a processor, coupled to the internal barrier sensor, the transceiver, the memory and the status indicator, for executing the processor-executable instructions that cause the processor to:
- monitor the internal barrier sensor;
- receive, via the transceiver, a status message from a security system controller, the status message indicating that a security system controlled by the security system controller is in an armed-home state;
- in response to receiving the status message indicating that the security system is in an armed-home state, cause the status indicator to activate, providing a warning that the security system is armed;
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- cause an alarm signal to be transmitted by the transceiver when the internal barrier sensor indicates that the barrier has been moved.
A method, performed by a barrier alarm device, comprising:
- monitoring a barrier internal barrier sensor of the barrier alarm;
- receiving a status message from a security system controller, the status message indicating that a security system controlled by the security system controller is in an armed-home state;
- in response to receiving the status message indicating that the security system is in an armed-home state, causing the status indicator to activate, providing an alert that the security system is armed;
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- causing an alarm signal to be transmitted when the internal barrier sensor indicates that the barrier has been moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.