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`LaDue
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`54) WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATOR
`SYSTEMAND APPARATUS
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`75 Inventor: Christoph K. LaDue, Soquel, Calif.
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`73 Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc., San Jose,
`Calif.
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`21 Appl. No.: 08/488,839
`22 Filed:
`Jun. 9, 1995
`Related U.S. Application Data
`63 Continuation-in-part of application No. 08/112,476, Aug.
`27, 1993, abandoned.
`(51) Int. Cl." ................................. H04J 3/12; H04Q 7/00
`52 U.S. Cl. .......................... 455/511; 455/422; 455/419;
`455/410; 455/403
`58 Field of Search .................................. 379/59, 63, 62,
`379/58, 40, 45, 44, 37, 39; 445/67.1, 67.7,
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`404, 403, 422
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`Primary Examiner Edward L. Coles
`ASSistant Examiner-Cheukfan Lee
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor &
`Zafman, LLP
`ABSTRACT
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`A wireleSS cellular communicator System and apparatus for
`tele metry tracking, Surveillance, data transmission,
`identification, and remote monitoring includes a communi
`cator for data encoding and communication which transmits
`mobile identification numbers and electronic Serial numbers
`through an existing cellular telephone network. The data is
`manipulated and encrypted to place any meaning upon it
`depending upon the type of input apparatus which is utilized.
`The data is then decoded with a decoder and a comparative
`data base for monitoring, identification, Surveillance, and
`data transmission. A method of communicating data for
`telemetry tracking, Surveillance, data transmission, identifi
`cation and remote monitoring is also provided, comprising,
`communicating decimal, binary and hexidecimal data
`through a communicator, transmitting the decimal, binary
`and hexidecimal data via cellular modulation utilizing a
`cellular telephone network, and decoding the data with a
`decoder Situated at a monitoring Station where the data is
`decoded and manipulated for monitoring, identification,
`Surveillance, and data transmission.
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`WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATOR
`SYSTEMAND APPARATUS
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`RELATED APPLICATIONS
`This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/112,476 filed
`Aug. 27, 1993, now abandoned.
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of Invention
`This invention relates to communicator devices and data
`transfer Systems, and more particularly to communicator
`devices and data transfer Systems for Security System
`monitoring, remote wireleSS Surveillance, data transmission,
`and the like, for commercial, residential, and vehicular uses.
`2. Description of the Related Art
`The present invention relates to communicator devices
`and data transfer Systems, and in particular to communicator
`devices and data transfer Systems useful in commercial,
`residential, and vehicular Security System remote monitoring
`applications. However, in its broader applications, the wire
`leSS communicator of the present invention may be applied
`to any remote mobile or Stationary application specific
`device that requires data transfer and monitoring.
`Most prior art communicator devices or Security panels
`that transmit Security System status data have been devel
`oped based on the use of land based copper wire telephone
`networkS. Such devices and Systems are used to transmit
`data and communicate particular information, for example,
`the presence of an intruder inside the confines of a busineSS
`or a residence. Once a peripheral device Such as a door
`magnetic contact or a passive infrared device detects the
`presence of an unauthorized intruder, it sends Status infor
`mation to the Security panel which transmits the data to a
`central processing unit.
`Such peripheral devices are connected to the Security
`panel either by copper wires or by a designated short-range
`radio frequency. Once the Security panel receives this data,
`it forwards Such reporting data to a remote central monitor
`ing Station over a land based telephone line.
`All Such prior Security System monitoring devices and
`communicators Suffer Significant problems, which have lim
`ited their ability to provide truly Secure, reliable, and accu
`rate data transfer. In fact, Such limitations apply generally to
`prior communicator Systems and remote data transfer
`devices. Further, in prior wireleSS Security System cellular
`transceivers, the high cost of System hardware and Voice
`databased cellular Service Subscription have Severely inhib
`ited widespread use of Such wireleSS Security System data
`transmission panels, as well as limiting their application.
`Such limitations create many problems and have signifi
`cantly limited the range and diversity of applications for
`Such prior Systems and devices. For example, a Serious
`limitation inherent in prior land based Systems and devices
`is the ability of a thief to simply cut the telephone line before
`attempting to break into a building. Once the telephone line
`is cut, communication to the central monitoring Station for
`private Security and Subsequent police response is impos
`sible.
`Another significant limitation inherent for prior cellular
`Security transmitters and communicators is cost. It is not
`unusual for a cellular Security transceiver to cost from five
`hundred to one thousand dollars. Subscribing to a cellular
`Service with current technology is also expensive. Cellular
`air time costs roughly forty cents a minute, plus the mini
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`Sixty-five dollars a month. Generally current Security Sys
`tems cost about five hundred to six hundred dollars for the
`asSociated hardware, including all door and window
`contacts, keypads, and passive infrared devices. These esti
`mated costs are based on a typical two to three thousand
`Square foot home or business. Very few people or businesses
`are willing to pay an extra five hundred to one thousand
`dollars for cellular Security hardware, plus Service charges,
`plus the cost of the Security System hardware, and the labor
`costs for installation.
`Accordingly, it is the primary object of this invention to
`provide an improved means of transmitting application
`Specific data over cellular. The present invention provides
`the means and method for communicating application data
`directly over cellular control channels, directly bypassing
`conventional voice traffic channels. This innovative
`approach provides a wireleSS communicator System for data
`monitoring and communication for use in commercial, resi
`dential and vehicular applications. The present invention is
`inexpensive to manufacture and install, and is very Secure,
`reliable, durable, and tamper proof. It is highly Suitable for
`Security System and monitoring applications, but is also
`readily adaptable to a wide variety of data transfer and
`remote communication applications.
`Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be
`set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be
`obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice
`of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention
`may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumen
`talities and combinations particularly pointed out in the
`appended claims.
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`To achieve the foregoing objects, and in accordance with
`the purposes of the invention as embodied and broadly
`described herein, a communicator System and apparatus for
`telemetry tracking, Surveillance, data transmission, identifi
`cation and remote monitoring, comprising: means for com
`municating data packets through a cellular telephone net
`work via control channels without disrupting Said cellular
`telephone network operations, means for manipulating data
`transferred from a cellular communicator through Said
`means, cellular control channels, for communicating appli
`cation Specific data, So that Said data may be communica
`tively decoded in the cellular telephone and transferred into
`a cellular network, and decoding means Situated at a moni
`toring Station whereby Said data is decoded and manipulated
`for monitoring, identification, Surveillance, and data trans
`mission.
`The communicator means preferably includes at least one
`decoder including a transmitter for transmitting a Standard
`but modified 48 bit RECC reverse control channel A word
`that contains mobile identification numbers, a modified
`RECC control channel C word that contains electronic serial
`numbers, and a special application Specific data RECC
`control channel H word. Means for manipulating and pro
`cessing data preferably comprises a decoder and a compara
`tive data base. The decoding and data processing means
`preferably comprises a remotely located central monitoring
`data decoding and data management System.
`In one preferred embodiment, a communicator panel
`means is provided by a panel means having Standard Secu
`rity panel components that monitor multiple Security Zones
`inside buildings and motor Vehicles. Such panel means
`detect unauthorized entrance or theft attempts by responding
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`to open or closed relays connected to the panel means
`including Sensors Sensitive to passive infrared motion, nor
`mally closed or normally opened magnetic contacts, audible
`glass break Sensors, field effects Sensors, shock Sensors,
`microwave Sensors, remote wireleSS panic button type
`Sensors, heat and fire detection Sensors, level detection
`Sensors, and other detection means. Cellular transceiver
`means are integrated with the panel means allowing trans
`mittal and receiving of application specific data information
`through the cellular data only FSK modulated 10 Kbps
`Reverse Control Channel (RECC) and Forward Control
`Channel (FOCC) control channel Signalling Systems, paging
`Systems, Satellite Systems and a designated central monitor
`ing Station is operably linked to a mobile telephone Switch
`ing office MTSO via preferably public Switch telephone
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`network (PSTN), that utilizes various data transfer commu
`nications Standards and protocols that can include a 9600
`bits per Second based protocol, Integrated Services Digital
`Network (ISDN) protocols, Signalling System Seven (SS7),
`and T1 protocols that can Support various data rates and
`handshake patterns. Application Specific data is transmitted
`from the communicator apparatus on the RECC reverse
`control channels of any cellular network to the central
`monitoring Station which decodes the data and information,
`evaluates the data, and, as a result of the data evaluation,
`transmits further data to other remote locations depending
`upon the particular data evaluation, and then Such data is
`Stored for further evaluation and record maintenance.
`Preferably the specific data information utilized for appli
`cation specific purposes can be derived from any cellular,
`PCS, and GSM control channel standard. One preferred
`control channel Standard utilizes a 48 bit Standardized word,
`and multi-48 bit word String. This particular control channel
`is utilized by almost all North American Cellular Carriers,
`and many international cellular carriers and is called the
`RECC FSK reverse control channel. This same type of
`control channel configuration is utilized by the Total AcceSS
`Communication System (TACS) utilized around the world.
`This RECC reverse control channel is based on wideband
`FSK modulation, with 8-kHz peak deviation with a bit rate
`of 10 Kilobits a second, utilizing 48 bit words that contain
`36 information bits and 12 bits for parity. The RECC
`protocol causes the 48 bit word to be transmitted five times
`for a cyclic redundancy rate (CRC) of five. This process is
`executed to insure data error correction. The RECC protocol
`allows for up to eight 48 bit words to be transmitted at one
`time, in one complete String, factoring in CRC for a total of
`1920 bits. These eight 48 bit words are designated A through
`H. The A word contains the Mobile Identification Number
`(MIN). The MIN number is a 10 digit telephone number.
`The present invention can manipulate the 36 information
`bits of any of these 48 bits words. Primarily, the MIN
`number contained in the A Word, and the information bits in
`the H word are utilized for the purpose of manipulation,
`encoding and decoding application Specific information.
`This manipulated Standardized data becomes application
`Specific data, that creates a unique Status and action com
`mand language base. This unique language is used to
`communicate with and remotely control application specific
`devices Such as Security Systems, motor vehicle anti-theft
`Systems, fleet management Systems, home arrest Systems,
`two Way paging Systems, gambling Systems, Video games,
`and any other remote communicator or remote Sensor
`device. This manipulated data contained in these 48 bit
`words is initially manipulated and encoded at the commu
`nicator means transmission Source, transmitted to a cellular
`transmission tower and base Station, relayed from the tower
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`forwarded to the central monitoring Station by the public
`switched telephone network (PSTN).
`In accordance with the present invention there is also
`provided a method for communicating data for telemetry
`tracking, Surveillance, and data that contains application
`Specific device Status information for identification and
`remote monitoring, comprising: communicating decimal,
`binary, and hexidecimal data in various data word formats,
`control channel protocols and control channel modulation
`Schemes through a communicator means, transmitting Said
`decimal, binary, and hexidecimal data contained within
`Standard control channel data words that are carried within
`certain definable control channel protocols and modulation
`Schemes utilizing a cellular telephone network that operates
`with various designated frequencies, outlined in Interim
`Standards IS-553, IS-54B, IS-136, IS-95, IS-104 and GSM
`as published by the Telephone Industry Association (TIA)
`and Sanctioned by the Federal Communications Commis
`sion (FCC), and the European Telephone System (ETS). The
`aforementioned data is transmitted from the communicator
`means, to a cellular transmission and reception tower, via
`control channels, relayed to a mobile Switching center and
`re-routed to a central monitoring Station whereby Said data
`is decoded and manipulated for monitoring, identification,
`Surveillance, and data transmission. Conversely, the central
`monitoring Station (CMS) sends data instructions to the
`communication via the paging network. In one example the
`communicator contains a paging receiver and or a Satellite
`receiver means for receiving messages from a Standard
`paging and or Satellite network network. In this way the user
`can receive normal numeric and alpha-numeric messages
`from multiple Sources. Additionally the communicator can
`be instructed to perform various operational routines as a
`result of receiving specially coded data message instructions
`from the central monitoring station (CMS) by way of paging
`and Satellite networkS.
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in
`and constitute a part of the Specification, illustrate a pre
`ferred embodiment of the invention and, together with a
`general description given above and the detailed description
`of the preferred embodiment given below, Serve to explain
`the principles of the invention.
`FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the System data
`transmission logic flow of the present invention, according
`to the invention.
`FIG. 2 is a logic flow Schematic of the Security panel
`means of an embodiment of the invention, according to the
`invention.
`FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the communications
`device, according to the invention.
`FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a data flow showing
`an example of transmitted encoded data and received modi
`fied decoded A word MIN number data, B word and H word
`data, and paging transmitted Signal, according to the inven
`tion.
`FIG. 5 is an illustration of interpretation of decoded A
`word, B word, H word and electronic serial number (ESN)
`data breakdown contained in the C Word, according to the
`invention.
`FIG. 6 is an illustration of the cellular network data
`management System, according to the invention.
`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
`Reference will now be made in detail to the present
`preferred embodiments of the invention as illustrated in the
`accompanying drawings.
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`In accordance with the present invention a communica
`tions System and communicator apparatus for tracking, fleet
`management, motor vehicle anti-theft, personnel
`management, Surveillance, data transmission, identification,
`message acknowledgement, and remote monitoring appli
`cations is provided, comprising: means for communicating
`data through a cellular telephone network's control channels
`without disrupting Said cellular telephone network normal
`Voice traffic operations, means for manipulating data trans
`ferred through Said means for communicating data, So that
`data may be communicatively decoded and transferred; and
`decoding means situated at a central monitoring Station
`whereby said data is decoded and manipulated for
`monitoring, identification, data distribution, Surveillance,
`data management, and data transmission of action data
`commands and communicator Status reports to and from
`facilitators and end users.
`The communicator System and apparatus of the present
`invention also provides a method for telemetry tracking,
`Surveillance applications, identification, data transmission
`determining Security Status of buildings and motor vehicles,
`and other data transmission and remote monitoring, com
`prising: communicating decimal, binary and hexidecimal
`data through a communicator means, Said data being
`encoded within a circuitry of Said communicator, transmit
`ting Said data via various modulation and data management
`Schemes utilizing control channels that are part of a cellular
`telephone network, these control channels are also called
`access channels, digital control channels, Signalling
`channels, fast associated control channels, slow associated
`control channels, that are utilized in various cellular tele
`phone network operations Schemes, decoding Said data with
`decoding means situated at a central monitoring Station
`whereby Said data is decoded, routed, distributed, relayed,
`and manipulated for monitoring, identification, Surveillance,
`System management, communicator Status, and other data
`handling. The primary object of this invention is to utilize
`Standard and currently operational and Soon-to-be opera
`tional; control channel data protocols, data rates, acceSS
`Schemes, word block formats, that are expressed in various
`modulation Schemes Such as; frequency shift keying (FSK),
`Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), offset-quadrature
`phase shift keying (OQPSK), frequency-division multiplex
`ing (FDM), time-division multiplex access (TDMA), code
`division multiple access (CDMA), in means and methods
`that utilize Standard but content altered data for the purpose
`of application Specific data transmission management and
`application Specific wireleSS communicator means with fully
`integrated device control. Furthermore, Said application Spe
`cific communicator and fully integrated application device is
`Subject to remote Status monitoring via a specially config
`ured Central Monitoring Station (CMS). Furthermore this
`central monitoring Station is designed to transmit data that
`directly controls Said application Specific communicators
`and application Specific devices via terrestrial paging net
`Works that control terrestrial transmission base Stations and
`transmission towers, Satellite networks that control Space
`bound geosynchronous Satellites, and Space bound High
`Earth Orbit (HEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and Low
`Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites.
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`The central monitoring Station transmits action data com
`mands to application Specific communicators that are fully
`integrated with application specific devices via TI/PSTN
`lease lines to paging and Satellite network control centers,
`that in turn relay these action data commands to the afore
`mentioned paging transmission base Stations and towers and
`Satellites, that in turn transmit action data words to the
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`application Specific communicators and fully integrated
`application Specific devices. Once these action data words
`are received, the application device is caused to change its
`operational Status, or report its current operational Status,
`form the content altered but standardized data word and
`transmit Said content altered word and multi-word String to
`the cellular telephone network, the data management circle
`is completed by relaying Said Standardized but content
`altered control channel data back to the central monitoring
`station (CMS).
`The term cellular telephone network is a broad based term
`that encompasses a wide range of different analog and digital
`cellular communications Standards. Such Standards as
`AMPS Cellular, NAMPS Cellular, DAMPS Cellular, Per
`sonal Communications Standards (PCS), both broadband
`and narrowband, TACS, JTACS, ETACS, and Global Spe
`cial Mobile (GSM). All of these standards are fully
`described in Such documents as Interim Standards IS-553,
`IS-54(ABC), IS-95, IS-136, IS-104, European Telephone
`Standard (ETS) standards, and others.
`In specific reference to FIGS. 1-6, the following numerals
`correspond throughout the figures to the following desig
`nated Structures and data:
`28. Control channel application data (CCAD) communica
`tOr.
`29. Paging Network Control center (PNC).
`31. Cell site.
`32. Mobile Switching Center (MSC).
`34. T1 data link carrier contains 24 channels TDM, each
`frame=(24*8 bit words)+1 framing bit=193 bits. The
`gross bit rate is 193*8000-1.544 MBPS.
`35. Dedicated voice circuits.
`36. Modem LAN link.
`37. Central Monitoring Station.
`38. Data Reception and Distribution terminal.
`39. Modified 48 bit RECC word string.
`40. Decoder Terminal (DEC).
`41. Comparative Data Base (CDB).
`42. Internal LAN communications link.
`43. Action Data Base (ADB).
`44. T1 PSTN.
`45. Cell Site Sector antenna.
`46. Stationary Base Station.
`47. Office of Data Production (ODP).
`48. Modem Bay.
`49. Capcode.
`50. Text-alpha message.
`51. Command message.
`52. Inmarsat P(L-Band Satellite).
`53. Electronic Serial Number ESN contained in C word.
`54. Security system Central Processing Unit (CPU).
`55. Encoded Data Stream contained in an A word.
`56. Communicator antenna.
`57. Sensor contact conductors.
`58. Security Panel relays.
`60. Magnetic reed Sensor contact.
`61. Magnet.
`62. Typical door.
`63. Address and Data Bus.
`64. Cellular data transceiver.
`65. Cellular transceiver CPU.
`67. Navstar Global Positioning Satellite GPS.
`68. Facilitator/end user FAC.
`69. H word.
`71. Mini dax router.
`72. Data Switch Unit.
`73. Base Site Controller (BSC).
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`75. Main communicator board.
`76. C word ESN serial number code breakdown.
`77. H Word decoded data breakdown.
`78. Paging Transmission Tower.
`79. Security panel relays and sensors.
`83. Normally transmitted MIN, designated for billing and
`cellular System Security.
`84. Stationary building.
`85. Mobile installation.
`86. Abbreviated address A word; Mobile Identification
`Number (MIN).
`87. Cellular Telephone Network.
`89. H word digit field.
`90. D4 channel bank.
`91. Satellite action command message.
`92. Communicator component multi-conductors.
`93. Type of Zone.
`94. Transmitted paging and/or Satellite Signal.
`95. Paging Receiver.
`96. Inmarsat P Satellite receiver.
`97. Application Identification Digits/bit.
`98. B word extended address.
`99. GPS receiver.
`100. Number of Additional Words Coming (NAWC) field.
`101. Order Qualification code.
`102. Application Specific order code.
`103. Station Class Mark, CCAD communicator.
`104. H word block format.
`105. Thirty six information bits expressed in binary code.
`106. Panic silent/audible indicator.
`107. Zone number.
`108. SCM Station class mark.
`109. Digital switch unit.
`110. GPS antenna.
`111. Paging receiver Switch.
`113. LED screen.
`In FIG. 1 a logic flow diagram of a preferred embodiment
`of the invention shown. Communicator means preferably
`comprise communicator 28 which includes both circuitry
`and Software means for encoding-decoding specific A word
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`nicator 28 transmits Such data to a cellular tower 31, as
`shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The signal transmitted from
`communicator 28 is a standard but content altered RECC
`multi 48 bit word data string 39 as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
`2. The modified 48 bit RECC multi word string 39 that is
`transmitted from the communicator 28 is received by the
`Sector antenna and Base Station 46.
`The Base Station 46 preferably relays modified RECC
`reverse control channel data 39 transmitted from communi
`cator 28 to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 32 via a T1
`data link 44. As the modified RECC data is processed
`through the T1 output of the Office of Data Production
`(ODP) 47, it is then relayed via the PSTN 44 in the form of
`T1/DSO data protocol to the central monitoring station
`(CMS)37. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the data arrives
`from the PSTN 44 at the modem bay 48. Then the data is
`sent to the data reception and distribution terminal (DRD)
`38. When the data reception and distribution terminal (DRD)
`38 receives the application Specific data, its Software reads
`the entire application Specific data String and immediately
`duplicates the String, and Simultaneously sends one String to