Patent ID: 7804403

Claim:
A security system control module comprising: a. a portable housing; b. a wireless receiver within the housing, the wireless receiver adapted to receive wireless data transmissions from at least one wireless security device adapted to monitor a condition of a premises in which the wireless security device is installed; c. control circuitry coupled to the wireless receiver within the housing; d. nonvolatile memory coupled to the control circuitry; e. a data connector coupled to the control circuitry for exchanging data between the control circuitry and an external host device, and for accepting from the external host device primary operating power for operating the wireless receiver, the control circuitry, and the nonvolatile memory; wherein the control circuitry is adapted to process signals in accordance with a preprogrammed configuration file stored in the nonvolatile memory, said signals received via the wireless receiver from a wireless security device, and to communicate with an external computer located remotely from the external host device via the data connector using a first communications protocol.