Patent ID: 7492253

Claim:
A controller in a home monitoring system, the controller comprising: a receiver that receives a first problem signal from a first detector during a first condition and a second problem signal from a second detector during a second condition; a processor coupled to the receiver that receives the first problem signal during the first condition from the receiver and determines a location of the first detector and receives the second problem signal from the receiver and determines a location of the second detector during the second condition; a memory coupled to the processor that stores a plurality of messages, and forwards a first subset of messages from the plurality of messages to the processor when it receives a first request that includes the location of the first detector from the processor and forwards a second, different subset of messages from the plurality of messages to the processor when it receives a second request that includes the locations of both the first detector and the second detector; and a transmitter coupled to the memory for transmitting the first subset of messages during the first condition and transmitting the second subset of messages during the first and second condition.