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

Claim 7:
8. A remote device in an emergency response system at least including the remote device and a central station, comprising: a memory storing program instructions; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions to perform, for testing a network connection of the emergency response system:
in absence of emergency, receiving a user's instruction or an automatically triggered event for initiating a test of the network connection between the remote device and the central station;
in response to the user's instruction or the automatically triggered event, sending a first test signal to the central station;
receiving a first response signal sent from the central station, wherein the first response signal is generated by the central station for acknowledging the first test signal after the central station receives the first test signal sent from the remote device; and
in response to receiving no first response signal from the central station for acknowledging the first test signal, alerting a user of the remote device about a failure of the network connection, for the user to remedy the failure of the network connection.