Patent ID: 7953402

Claim:
A device for activating an event such as switching a device on or off, or opening or closing a member such as door, a window, a shutter, a curtain, a gate or a barrier said device comprising: a telecommunications receiver operable to receive a connection request from a user, memory means for storing the state an article was in prior to the receipt of the connection request, and processing means connected to a telecommunications transceiver and having an output for activating an opening or closing event; and wherein the processing means are operable, on receipt of a connection request, to: wait for a predetermined time period which time period is automatically varied dependant on the state the article was in prior to the receipt of the connection request; refuse the connection request; and activate the event, whereby a member such as a door, a window, a shutter, a curtain, a gate or a barrier is openable or closeable remotely by communication over a telecommunications network and whereby the open or closed status of the member is fed back to the user via the telecommunications network by the automatic variation in the said predetermined time period.