US 9,520,053 B2 · Event communication apparatus and method

Abstract

A method and apparatus is described for transmitting event codes from a base station to a remote location. In one embodiment, a method is described, executed by a processor within an event communication module, the method comprising receiving an encoded event code from a base station over an interface connection, selecting a first transmission method from two or more communication methods based on the received event code, encoding the event code based on the first communication method, and transmitting the encoded event code to remote location by a communication module configured to communicate using the first communication method.

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Dependent claims

An event communication module, comprising:

a connection interface for receiving event information from a base station, the event information indicative of a condition occurring at a premises where the base station is located;
a memory for storing processor-executable instructions and criteria for determining a communication method used to transmit information;
a processor for executing the processor-executable instructions that cause the event communication module to:
evaluate the event information;
select a first transmission method from two or more transmission methods based on the event information and the criteria;
and
encode the event information into a format suitable for transmission in conformance with the first transmission method selected by the processor;
and
a first communication module, configured to transmit the encoded event information using the first transmission method.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/313,920Filed 24 Jun 2014 · continuation

Priority

3 Nov 2013

Published

US 2015/0123797 A17 May 2015

Granted

13 Dec 2016

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

G08B 27/00
Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central
G08B 25/004
Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems: alarm…
G08B 27/005
Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations: with transmission via computer network
G08B 27/006
Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations: with transmission via telephone network

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