Patent ID: 6308272
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,G08B

Abstract:
A security system for transmitting an alarm when a security threshold is exceeded, said security system mounted to an existing data transmission network with a personal computer having a main processor attached thereto and comprising:a security monitoring device coupled through the personal computer to the data transmission network, said security monitoring device providing an output which is related to a detected security parameter;means within the personal computer for storing a threshold for the detected security parameter of the security device;a sensor within the personal computer for transmitting an alarm through the data transmission network when the detected parameter of the security device exceeds the stored threshold even if the personal computer is in its non-operational state, said sensing means within the personal computer including a secondary processor which is operational even when the personal computer is in its non-operational state, whereby an alarm is transmitted when the secondary processor detects that the output of the security device exceeds the stored threshold.