Granted Patent B2

US 12,491,395 · App. 17/983,683 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventor: Antonio Montero (Bradenton, FL)

Assignee: KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC

A62C37/50H04L67/12H04L69/085

Abstract

Claims (33)

1 . A method for performing a system interoperability protocol, the method comprising:

discovering, at a first interoperability node of a first network comprising a first plurality of network nodes, and a second interoperability node of a second network comprising a second plurality of network nodes, wherein the first network is different from the second network;

performing a protocol version compatibility check between the first interoperability node and the second interoperability node responsive to discovering the second interoperability node;

performing an interoperability function availability check of the second interoperability node responsive to the protocol version compatibility check; and

providing interoperability functions to the second interoperability node such that the first interoperability node and the second interoperability node exchange messages and exchange commands;

wherein the first network and the second network are independent fire system networks.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein discovering the second interoperability node enables the discovery of the second plurality of network nodes through the second interoperability node.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a set of interoperability functions that are available on the second network through the second interoperability node.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the interoperability functions comprise at least one of: a paging function, an external auxiliary input function, a pre-recorded network interoperability message function, and a request grant/deny priority function.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising directly communicating with the second interoperability node.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting an updated configuration in the first network or the second network; and

repeating the discovery step to perform an update based at least in part on the updated configuration in the first network or the second network.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting an event in the first network; and

transmitting a status message to the second network through the second interoperability node, wherein the status message provides an indication of the event in the first network.

8 . An emergency system implementing a system interoperability protocol, the system comprising:

a first interoperability node of a first network, the first network comprising a first plurality of network nodes;

a second interoperability node of a second network, the second network comprising a second plurality of network nodes, wherein the first network is different from the second network;

wherein the first interoperability node is configured to:

discover the second interoperability node of the second network;

responsive to discovering the second interoperability node, perform a protocol version compatibility check between the first interoperability node and the second interoperability node;

perform an interoperability function availability check of the second interoperability node; and

responsive to the interoperability function availability check, provide one or more interoperability functions to the second interoperability node based at least in part on the interoperability function availability check, such that the first interoperability node and the second interoperability node exchange messages and exchange commands;

wherein the first network and the second network are independent fire networks.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein discovering the second interoperability node enables the discovery of the second plurality of network nodes through the second interoperability node.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first interoperability node is configured to determine a set of interoperability functions that are available on the second network through the second interoperability node.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the interoperability functions comprises at least one of: a paging function, an external auxiliary input function, a pre-recorded network interoperability message function, and a request grant/deny priority function.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first interoperability node is configured to directly communicating with the second interoperability node.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first interoperability node is configured to detect an update of a configuration of the first network or the second network; and

repeat the discovery step to perform an update based at least in part on the updated configuration to the first network or the second network.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the first interoperability node is configured to detect an event in the first network; and

transmit a status message to the second network through the second interoperability node, wherein the status message provides an indication of the event in the first network.

15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising dynamically determining, at the first interoperability node, a set of interoperability functions available at the second interoperability node, wherein the determination is based on real-time communication with the second interoperability node; and

wherein providing the interoperability functions to the second interoperability node is based on the dynamically determined set of interoperability functions.

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