Patent ID: 7817029
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of alarm data communication, comprising the steps of: protecting a premise with a premise-sited automatic alarm controller; providing a remote central station with receiving equipment for receiving data communications from a plurality of alarm data communicators including said premise-sited automatic alarm controller; providing the premise-sited automatic alarm controller with a network of premise-sited alarm sensors which report premise-related exceptions not to the central station but to said premise-sited automatic alarm controller; providing one or more communications links between the premise-sited automatic alarm controller and the remote central station's receiving equipment; providing a user who is responsible for the premise with a cellular text-messaging device; providing the premise-sited automatic alarm controller with a cellular text-messaging module; when an exception occurs with any sensor, said sensor reporting the exception to the premise-sited automatic alarm controller; the premise-sited automatic alarm controller responding with preliminary steps followed by conditional steps; said preliminary steps comprising: said conditional steps comprising: wherein the step of disarming further comprises logging in an event log onboard the premise-sited automatic alarm controller the instruction from said user to disarm, including date, time, and user identification.