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Systems and methods for providing non-dedicated wireless backup service for monitored security systems
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Inventors: Bonner, Thomas Wayne; Baggett, Russell;
Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Primary Examiner: D'Agosta; Steve M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Parks Knowlton LLC Parks, Esq.; Cynthia R. Evora; Robert
An intelligent interface provides a non-dedicated wireless communications path for reporting alarm events from a landline-based alarm system to a remote monitoring system. The intelligent interface includes a cradle for a cellular handset or other wireless device, and a network connector (such as an RJ31X jack) between an alarm system control panel and the PSTN. When a wireless device is present in the cradle, the intelligent interface bypasses the landline and routes all security calls from the alarm system control panel through an analog-to-digital digital signal processor and to the wireless device, which places a call to the remote monitoring center. When no wireless device is present, the intelligent interface allows the alarm system control panel to seize the landline to place the security call. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention fulfills the needs described above by providing systems and methods for supplying non-dedicated wireless backup service for monitored security systems.
Generally, the invention provides an intelligent interface between an existing alarm system control panel (ASCP) and a remote monitoring center.
The intelligent interface relays alarm event data signals from the alarm system control panel to the remote monitoring center via a landline connection--unless a wireless device, such as a typical cellular handset, has been placed in a cradle that is integral to or associated with the interface.
The invention also includes a method for providing wireless backup to an alarm system control panel, wherein placing a wireless device in the cradle automatically causes the intelligent interface to bypass the landline connection, and to relay all alarm event data from the ASCP to the wireless device.
In certain embodiments, the method includes determining whether the cellular handset is available to the interface before the bypass can be effected.
For example, the interface may determine whether the cellular handset is sufficiently powered or has the requisite signal strength to place a wireless call.
The systems and methods of the various embodiments of the invention are advantageous in many respects.
No dedicated wireless device is required, because the intelligent interface provides wireless backup service to a landline-based alarm event reporting system, using a standard cellular handset or similar wireless device.
When no wireless device is present, the intelligent interface acts as a standard PSTN network connector, such as an RJ31X jack.
Therefore, the intelligent interface is compatible with existing control panels and remote monitoring centers without modification thereof.
The intelligent interface also performs the functions of a typical tabletop cradle for the wireless device, including powering and recharging the battery of the wireless device.
The intelligent interface can be powered by a DC power supply, or by the control panel
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