IP Library Granted Patent US 12,154,425
Granted Patent B2
US 12,154,425 · App. 18/147,221 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Method for hushing fire detectors

Inventor: Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal (Telangana, IN)
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
G08B25/008G08B17/06G08B25/10
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Patent No.
US 12,154,425
App. No.
18/147,221
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of hushing one or more fire detectors of a fire detector system including: receiving an alert using a computer application of a trusted individual computing device, the alert indicating that fire has been detected by at least one of the one or more fire detectors; searching for a wireless advertisement emitted from the one or more fire detectors in response to the alert using the computer application; detecting the wireless advertisement being emitted from the one or more fire detectors using the computer application; and receiving a manual input via an input device of the trusted individual computing device to hush the fire detector from a trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device; and transmitting a hush request to the one of the one or more fire detectors in response to the manual input using the computer application.

Claims (39)

1. A method of hushing one or more fire detectors of a fire detector system, the method comprising:

receiving an alert using a computer application of a trusted individual computing device, the alert indicating that fire has been detected by at least one of the one or more fire detectors;

searching for a wireless advertisement emitted from the one or more fire detectors in response to the alert using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

detecting the wireless advertisement being emitted from the one or more fire detectors using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

receiving a manual input via an input device of the trusted individual computing device to hush the fire detector from a trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device; and

transmitting a hush request to the one of the one or more fire detectors in response to the manual input using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless advertisement is emitted from the one or more fire detectors using a short-range wireless signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the short-range wireless signal is Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via an internet.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via a Wi-Fi connection to the internet or a cellular connection to the internet.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hush request is configured to silence an alarm that is being audibly or visually emitted by the one or more fire detectors.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving authority from an occupant of a property where the one or more fire detectors are located to receive the alert and transmit the hush request,

wherein the occupant of the property has granted the authority to the trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device to receive the alert and transmit the hush request.

8. A fire detector system having one or more fire detectors, the fire detector system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an alert using a computer application of a trusted individual computing device, the alert indicating that fire has been detected by at least one of the one or more fire detectors;

searching for a wireless advertisement emitted from the one or more fire detectors in response to the alert using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

detecting the wireless advertisement being emitted from the one or more fire detectors using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

receiving a manual input via an input device of the trusted individual computing device to hush the fire detector from a trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device; and

transmitting a hush request to the one of the one or more fire detectors in response to the manual input using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device.

9. The fire detector system of claim 8 , wherein the wireless advertisement is emitted from the one or more fire detectors using a short-range wireless signal.

10. The fire detector system of claim 9 , wherein the short-range wireless signal is Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy.

11. The fire detector system of claim 8 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via an internet.

12. The fire detector system of claim 11 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via a Wi-Fi connection to the internet or a cellular connection to the internet.

13. The fire detector system of claim 8 , wherein the hush request is configured to silence an alarm that is being audibly or visually emitted by the one or more fire detectors.

14. The fire detector system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving authority from an of a property where the one or more fired detectors are located to receive the alert and transmit the hush request,

wherein the occupant of the property has granted the authority to the trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device to receive the alert and transmit the hush request.

15. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an alert using a computer application of a trusted individual computing device, the alert indicating that fire has been detected by at least one of one or more fire detectors;

searching for a wireless advertisement emitted from the one or more fire detectors in response to the alert using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

detecting the wireless advertisement being emitted from the one or more fire detectors using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device;

receiving a manual input via an input device of the trusted individual computing device to hush the fire detector from a trusted individual in possession of the trusted individual computing device; and

transmitting a hush request to the one of the one or more fire detectors in response to the manual input using the computer application of the trusted individual computing device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the wireless advertisement is emitted from the one or more fire detectors using a short-range wireless signal.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the short-range wireless signal is Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via an internet.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the hush request is transmitted via a Wi-Fi connection to the internet or a cellular connection to the internet.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the hush request is configured to silence an alarm that is being audibly or visually emitted by the one or more fire detectors.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2025
From: CARRIER CORPORATION; CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY EMEA; CARRIER FIRE & SECURITY, LLC; CARRIER CANADA CORPORATION; CLIMATE, CONTROLS & SECURITY ARGENTINA S.A.; KIDDE IP HOLDINGS , INC.; KIDDE LTD.; KIDDE PRODUCTS LTD.; CARRIER TRANSICOLD AUSTRIA GMBH; CARRIER TRANSICOLD FRANCE SCS
To: KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC
Reel/Frame 072829/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: NALLAPERUMAL, PIRAMMANAYAGAM
To: CARRIER TECHNOLOGIES INDIA LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062226/0249 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: CARRIER TECHNOLOGIES INDIA LIMITED
To: CARRIER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062226/0276 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63294145 · Dec 28, 2021
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