Systems and methods for transmitting signals to a central station
AssigneeRoyal Thoughts, LLC
InventorsRaymond J. Menard, Curtis E. Quady
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Abstract
Systems, structures, and methods are provided to transmit signals from a detection system to a central station. The described embodiments use an enhanced wireless system to send a message to alert the central station of an alarm event at a premise. Such message has the ability to be sent to alternative central station if the message cannot be sent to the intended central station.
Claims26
A system comprising:
- a security alarm panel to provide an alarm signal;
- and
- a transmitter adapted for reception of the alarm signal, the transmitter transmitting a message after receipt of the alarm signal, the message generated in a short burst message format compatible with the ReFLEX protocol and using at least one look-up table, the at least one look-up table to encode the alarm signal of the security alarm panel as one of a plurality of event types into a wireless message, wherein the look-up table includes a code for each event type, and wherein the message includes a destination string.
A method comprising:
- receiving at least one alarm signal from a security alarm bus, the at least one alarm signal received by a wireless transmitter;
- and
- encoding the at least one alarm signal into a wireless short burst message format compatible with the ReFLEX protocol and using at least one look up table, the wireless message including a code representing one of a plurality of event types, and further including a destination string.
A data structure for a message to be wirelessly transmitted using a communication system, the data structure comprising:
- an event identifier to identify a security alarm event that generates an alarm;
- and
- an event descriptor to describe the security alarm event in at least one detail;
- wherein the message is a wireless pager message in a short burst format compatible with the ReFLEX protocol.
A data structure for a security alarm message to be wirelessly transmitted using a communication system, the data structure comprising:
- a destination string to identify a primary destination where the security alarm message is to be transmitted upon detection of a security alarm event using a security alarm system;
- a location identifier to identify a location of interest based on the detected security alarm event;
- an event identifier to identify the security alarm event at the location of interest;
- and
- an event descriptor to describe the security alarm event in at least one detail;
- wherein the message is a pager message in a short burst format compatible with the ReFLEX protocol.
A method of communicating comprising:
- receiving notification of a security event from an alarm panel;
- encoding the security event into a short burst message, the short burst message including a code, the code selected as a function of the security event and the short burst message including a destination string, the destination string determined as a function of a destination;
- and
- transmitting the short burst message using a wireless two way pager network.
A method of communicating comprising:
- receiving a short burst message formatted in a two way paging protocol at a central station, the short burst message corresponding to a security event, wherein the central station is adapted for monitoring security alarms, further wherein the short burst message includes a code representing the security event, the short burst message including a destination string corresponding to the central station;
- decoding the code representing the security event;
- and
- generating a security code as a function of the code representing the security event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.