Patent ID: 7378942
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating the design, installation, and operation of a fire alarm and security system in a facility and of monitoring the fire alarm and security system at a separate alarm processing station, the system incorporating various components including sensors and system control and communications equipment, the method comprising: establishing a single database in which is stored information about the system, the single database is located remotel from the facility and from the alarm processing station; laying out components for the system including the type of sensor installed at respective locations throughout the facility, interconnections between the sensors and system control equipment, and communication paths both within the system and externally, said information about the components and their interconnections and the communication paths being entered into the single database as the system is laid out; and, updating the single database with new information if the system lay out is subsequently modified, the single database retaining the previously entered system information whereby a continuous and complete record of the system is maintained in the single database for ease of use by those needing information about the system.