Alarm system
OwnerMichel Chambron, Pascal Labauneinventors
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Abstract
A monitored alarm system that has an alarm unit and a remote monitoring station. The alarm unit is arranged to contact the monitoring station via a telephone call when an alarm event or other circumstances occur. The monitoring station is arranged to leave said telephone call unanswered whilst logging the telephone number of the alarm unit which has telephoned so that the alarm unit can be identified.
Claims24
A monitored alarm system comprising an alarm unit and a remote monitoring station, the alarm unit being arranged to contact the monitoring station via a telephone call upon occurrence of a predetermined event, wherein the monitoring station is arranged to leave said telephone call unanswered whilst logging identification details from the telephone call.
A monitored alarm system comprising:
- an alarm unit;
- a power supply;
- a monitoring station;
- means to place a telephone call having identification details to the monitoring station upon occurrence of a particular event, wherein the monitoring station will obtain the identification details from the telephone call while leaving the telephone call unanswered;
- and
- means to associate the identification details with the particular event.
A method for obtaining information from an alarm unit of an alarm system that is in communication with a monitoring station, the method comprising the steps of:
- activating the alarm unit;
- programming the alarm system to place a telephone call to the monitoring station upon occurrence of a particular event;
- having the alarm system place the telephone call to the monitoring station upon occurrence of the particular event;
- having the monitoring station obtain identification details from the telephone call;
- and
- disconnecting the telephone call after obtaining the identification details from but prior to answering the telephone call.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.