Patent ID: 7174176

Claim:
A cordless security system operable to communicate with a wireless telephone network, comprising: a wireless node, having; a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate wireless signals with the wireless telephone network; a cordless transceiver adapted to communicate cordless signals with plural cordless terminal devices, thereby enabling a cordless local area network; a controller operable to couple telephone calls between said wireless transceiver and said cordless transceiver, thereby enabling access to the wireless telephone network through said cordless local area network, said controller operable to route cordless data packet portions of said cordless signals through said cordless transceiver and amongst said plural cordless terminal devices; a cordless security sensor terminal device operable to communicate a cordless sensor signal encoded within a cordless data packet into said cordless local area network upon receipt of an external stimulus; a cordless security control panel terminal device operable to communicate a cordless alarm signal encoded within a cordless data packet into said cordless local area network upon receipt of said cordless sensor signal, and operable to transmit a cordless outgoing audio message within said cordless local area network, and wherein said wireless node is operable to receive and route said cordless outgoing audio message through the wireless telephone network to a predetermined telephone number.