Patent ID: 6963279
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A communication device for relaying data associated with a surveillance system, the communication device comprising: a plurality of inputs for communicatively coupling the communication device with a plurality of surveillance sensors, each of the plurality of inputs associated with one of a plurality of surveillance sensor data streams including input surveillance sensor data streams directed to the plurality of surveillance sensors and output surveillance sensor data streams directed from the plurality of surveillance sensors; a first wireless communication device for inputting an input data stream containing the input surveillance sensor data streams directed to the plurality of surveillance sensors, and for outputting an output data stream containing the output surveillance sensor data streams directed from the plurality of surveillance sensors, the output data stream directed to a second wireless communication device; a communication junction, communicatively coupled to the first wireless communication device and the plurality of inputs, operable to coalesce the plurality of output surveillance sensor data streams into the output data stream; and the communication junction operable to retrieve an individual input surveillance sensor data stream from the input data stream, and direct the individual input surveillance sensor data stream to a particular one of the plurality of inputs, the second wireless communication device being associated with a second communication junction communicatively coupled to the second wireless communication device and a second plurality of inputs and being operable to coalesce a second plurality of output surveillance sensor data streams into a second output data stream, the second communication junction further being operable to retrieve a second individual input surveillance sensor data stream from a second input data stream, and direct the second individual input surveillance sensor data stream to a particular one of the second plurality of inputs.