Patent ID: 8063762

Claim:
A system for monitoring and reporting of alarm events occurring in a remote monitored system comprising: a power supply dedicated to the system and having an output power interface for providing system power; a switch module receiving system power from the power supply and having a power control input for receiving a power control signal, wherein the switch module selectively provides the system power as active power responsive to the received power control signal; an alarm monitoring interface configured for interfacing with the remote monitored system and configured for receiving a plurality of status indicators from the remote monitored system and generating a signal indicating a change of state; an event message module having a memory for storing a plurality of event messages, each event message being an audio message having a unique event message identifier, a control input for receiving a message control signal including an event message identifier selected from the plurality of event message identifiers, an output audio interface for transmitting the event message corresponding to the received event message identifier, and a power input coupled to the switch module for receiving active power from the switch module; a wireless communication module having a memory for storing a plurality of predetermined communication addresses, a power supply input coupled to the switch module for receiving active power, an event address input interface configured for receiving an event communication address, a controller receiving active power from the power supply input and the received event communication address from the event address input interface and determining a particular one of the predetermined communication addresses stored in the memory that is associated with the event communication address, a message input coupled to the event message module for receiving the event message, and a wireless transceiver configured for communication over a wireless network and originating a communication to the particular predetermined communication address for transmitting the event message; and a system controller including a microprocessor having at least an active mode and a sleep mode, a power interface coupled to the power supply for receiving system power, a state change interface coupled to the alarm monitoring interface for receiving the change of state signal, a message control interface for generating the message control signal including the event message identifier, a power activation interface for generating the power activation signal, and an addressing interface coupled to the event address input interface of the wireless communication module for transmitting the event communication address.