Patent ID: 11877097
Assignee: THE ADT SECURITY CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method implemented by a premises monitoring system for monitoring a premises, the premises monitoring system comprising a premises device and a power device, the power device comprising a rectifier in electrical communication with the premises device, the power device being configured to transfer at least electrical power to the premises device via at least one wired connection, the method comprising:
in response to a modular wireless transmitter being removably received by a first receptacle of the power device, transferring power to the modular wireless transmitter and transferring data to the modular wireless transmitter for wireless transmission;
capturing video via a video capture element of the premise device;
in response to the modular wireless transmitter being removably received by a second receptacle of the premises device, transferring power to the modular wireless transmitter and transferring data to the modular wireless transmitter for wireless transmission;
in response to the modular wireless transmitter not being removably connected to the premises device, causing, at the premises device, transmission of the captured video to the power device via the at least one wired connection; and
when the modular wireless transmitter is removably connected to the power device, causing, at the power device and in response to receiving the captured video, transmission of the captured video via the modular wireless transmitter.