Granted Patent B2

US 9,824,575 · App. 14/721,472 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A system comprising:

an alarm panel;

a first alarm system disposed in a first premises at a first location to monitor an alarm condition in the first premises,

wherein the first alarm system is assigned a first zone in the alarm panel to represent assets that are monitored by the first alarm system at the first premises, and

wherein the alarm panel is connected to one or more sensors of the first alarm system in the first premises; and

a remote alarm system disposed in a second premises that is different from and outside of the first premises and associated with monitoring another alarm condition in a remote object at the second premises in a second location,

wherein the second location is different from and remote from the first location,

wherein the alarm panel is communicatively coupled to one or more sensors of the remote alarm system at the second premises, and

wherein the remote alarm system is assigned a second zone in the alarm panel to represent the remote object at the second premises such that the other alarm condition at the remote object is transmitted when the other alarm condition in the second zone is detected.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising multiple remote alarm systems associated with multiple remote objects.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote object is a mobile object.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the mobile object is a vehicle.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the mobile object includes a location determination unit and reports the location of the mobile object along with the alarm condition and an identifier representing the second zone.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via a cellular network.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via Internet.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via a telephone line.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alarm panel includes a telephone interface, a network interface, and a cellular interface.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alarm panel comprises:

a housing;

a microprocessor disposed in the housing;

a plurality of communication interfaces that are configured to communicatively couple the alarm panel to a monitoring center and the remote alarm system,

wherein the plurality of communication interfaces include a landline telephone interface, a cellular interface, and a network interface, and

wherein the alarm panel is configured to communicate with the monitoring center using the landline telephone interface as a default mode of communication; and

wherein the alarm panel is configured to communicate with the monitoring center using one of the cellular interface and the network interface when the default mode of communication is inoperable.

11. A method comprising:

monitoring one or more assets at a first premises with a first system that is disposed in the first premises at a first location, wherein the first system is coupled to an alarm panel, and wherein the first premises is divided into multiple zones, each a separately monitored zone in the alarm panel;

assigning a remote alarm system to a zone in the alarm panel that is different than the multiple zones in the first premises, wherein the remote alarm system is disposed in a second premises that is different from and outside of the first premises and associated with monitoring a remote object at the second premises, wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel; and

reporting an alarm condition at the remote alarm system as an alarm condition in the zone assigned to the remote object.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising multiple remote alarm systems associated with multiple remote objects.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the remote object is a mobile object.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the mobile object is a vehicle.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the mobile object includes a location determination unit and reports the location of the mobile object with the alarm condition.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via a cellular network.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via Internet.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the remote alarm system is communicatively coupled to the alarm panel via a telephone line.

Assignments (11)