Patent ID: 9087447
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for detecting a pattern warning signal from a hazard alarm and in response thereto sending an alert signal to a home security panel for notification to a remote monitoring station, comprising: a detection device for converting said pattern warning signal from a hazard alarm to an analog signal; a filter for attenuating frequencies outside a frequency range of the pattern warning signal for providing a filtered, analog signal; an analog-to-digital converter for receiving the filtered, analog signal and providing a digital output comprising first digital values and second digital values; a buffer memory for storing a number of said first and second digital values as they are produced by the analog-to-digital converter; a memory device for storing processor-executable instructions and at least one temporal pattern characteristic associated with a first temporal pattern; a processor coupled to the memory device for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the apparatus to: