Patent ID: 11954996
Assignee: MICRON ELECTRONICS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A central station in an emergency response system at least including a remote device and the central station, comprising: a memory storing program instructions; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions to perform:
in absence of emergency, monitoring a first test signal status of the remote device;
in response to the first test signal status of the remote device satisfying a first test signal condition, sending a second test signal to the remote device;
receiving a second response signal sent from the remote device, wherein the first response signal is generated by the central station for acknowledging the second test signal after the central station receives the first test signal sent from the remote device; and
in response to receiving no second response signal from the remote device for acknowledging the second test signal, alerting an operator of the central station about a failure of the network connection, for the operator to remedy the failure of the network connection.