Patent ID: 8094007

Claim:
A security apparatus, comprising: a control for controlling a security system that secures a building; a transmitter associated with the control for transmitting a first broadcast band RF transmission that comprises at least one distinctive, non-descriptive audio message regarding an armed status of the security system and a second broadcast band RF transmission that comprises an audio message warning that the alarm has been tripped, the broadcast band RF transmissions being one of an FM band transmission having a frequency between about 88 to 108 MHz, an AM band transmission having a frequency between about 535 to 1605 kHz, a Citizens band (CB) transmission having a frequency between about 26.96 to 27.41 MHz, and a broadcast Television transmission having a frequency between about 54 to 88 MHz, 174 to 220 MHz and 470 to 806 MHz; and a remote device under user control for transmitting a first command to the control and, alternatively, a second command to the control, the first command instructing the control to arm the security system and to transmit the first broadcast band RF transmission and the second command instructing the control to disarm the security system and to transmit the second broadcast message upon detecting that the security system has been tripped.