Patent ID: 9111431
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of signalling a sensed alarm condition from an alarm system at a premises to a monitoring station, said method comprising: determining if said sensed alarm condition is associated with a disarm delay; in response to determining that said sensed alarm condition is associated with a disarm delay, initiating a disarm delay timer; prior to expiry of said disarm delay timer and in response to sensing said alarm condition, establishing a communications connection over a network to an alarm monitoring station, without dispatching a message signalling said sensed alarm condition; and upon expiry of said disarm delay timer and if said system has not been disarmed, dispatching a signal indicative of said sensed alarm condition to said alarm monitoring station over said connection, which has previously been established, wherein said establishing comprises at least one of establishing a connection to a cellular data network; obtaining a dynamically assigned IP address; and creating an IP socket to said monitoring station.