Patent ID: 9049307
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01D,G08B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for interfacing digital and audio communications in a security system, comprising: a control panel within a premises of a premises owner, the control panel having one or more first radio transceivers and one or more remote alarm sensors coupled directly to said control panel, said control panel receiving one or more digital reports from each said one or more remote alarm sensors; a wireless interface device within the premises, the wireless interface device having one or more second radio transceivers that receive said one or more digital reports directly from said control panel and that establish a two-way voice connection between said control panel and said wireless interface device; one or more telephone devices within the premises, the one or more telephone devices coupled to said wireless interface device that communicate with a plain old telephone system (POTS); and an IP network modem device within the premises, the IP network modem device coupled to said wireless interface device and an IP network, wherein, said wireless interface device includes a communication processing device that controls a transmission of said one or more digital reports to a monitoring service via said IP network and that establishes a two-way voice communication between the premises through said control panel and said monitoring service in response to a control signal from said monitoring service regarding an alarm report of any of said one or more digital reports received through the wireless interface device and wherein the wireless interface device establishes two-way voice communication between said control panel and said wireless interface device through the first and second radio transceivers.