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`Bi-directional Wireless Detection System
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`A system is described for detecting at least one event of interest. The system
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`comprises a detector, a programmable controller, and a network. Upon detection of
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`programmable controller through the network. The programmable controller allows
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`Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates generally to security, alarm or detection
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`The provision of a security alarm detection system generally requires several
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`Some of the current designs try to integrate many or all of the components
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`and devices in a single enclosure or case. However, much of the complexity and
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`cost remains since most of the devices and components are still in use.
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`Occasionally a detection system actuates automatic systems such as fire
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`suppression or equipment shutdown, but in order for a detection system to be
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`effective it usually must summon help. One approach for summoning help is to
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`annunciate a local alarm that attracts attention. Another is to use a recorded
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`message that is called to a list of phone numbers. Yet another is to use a
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`professional central station monitoring service that receives data signals from the
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`voluntary response to an alarm sound has virtually vanished. Hence local alarm
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`attention. In a similar fashion, recorded messages are outlawed in a large number of
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`911 emergency dispatch centers and counting on reaching someone at home is not
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`reliable. In addition, false alarms make recorded messages an irritation, especially
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`ineffective. This leaves the use of a professional monitoring service which is
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`inherently expensive and so many properties are left completely unprotected.
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`As a result, very low market penetration exists for reasons associated with
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`current design. These incl\lde, but are not limited to, the requirement for
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`requirement for professional monitoring. These three reasons make even so called
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`"do-it-yourself' systems relatively poor sellers and even several major consumer
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`little success or outright failure with an over the counter, table-top type product.
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`telephone network, some tabletop models require a special phone jack (RJ-31X)
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`line) to assure the availability of the phone line. This may require installation by a
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`more complex.
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`A related problem is found in the user's interface with the detection system.
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`In a typical system, the user interacts with the detection system through a device
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`generally known as a keypad. The current keypad designs do not allow the user to
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`roam broadly and one long-range design- the telephone line connection- does not
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`provide for messages to user that are initiated by the system, instead the user
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`independently calls into the system to retrieve messages or interact with the system.
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`Although some alarm systems in use today can initiate a page to a person's pager,
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`return. There is no single device that allows long-range, bidirectional
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`What is needed in the art is an improved detection system that is friendly to a
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`mobile user, that is easy to install, that is truly portable, and that is inexpensive,
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`solve all of these problems _and many more not mentioned expressly herein.
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`In one embodiment, the detection system provides, among other things, a
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`long range control panel and alarm monitoring and control functions. Several
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`narrowband trunked radio, and other communications systems with conventional
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`In one embodiment, the present detection system provides, among other
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`control panel as listed above, through the use of a long-range, two-way, wireless
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`communication device such as a two-way pager. Accordingly, a person who owns a
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`two-way pager or related device, may, for a much lower cost than is customary, own
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`long range wireless user interface and long range system status annunciation.
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`the response function. However, this embodiment of the present system offers yet
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`approach without the services of a central station. Thus, the present system
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`applications such as construction sites, vehicles, motel rooms, apartments, and small
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`standard detection system which include, but are not limited to: low cost; easy,
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`FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a portable detector unit according to one
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`FIG .. 5 is a diagram showing various communication modes of different
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`components of one detection system according to one embodiment of the present
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`system.
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`FIG.i6 is a diagram _showing a user controlling their detection system from a
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`FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the components of a basic security
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`system, according to one embodiment of the present system.
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`FIG.,8 is a flow chart showing the passing and processing of messages from
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`the detection system to remote users.
`FIG. 19 is a table depicting a ~ample message splitting or parsing strategy for
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`Detailed System Description
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`This detailed description provides a number of different embodiments of the
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`20 present system. The embodiments provided herein are not intended in an exclusive
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`or limited sense, and variations may exist in organization, dimension, hardware,
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`software, mechanical design and configuration without departing from the claimed
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`invention, the scope of which is provided by the attached claims and equivalents
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`thereof.
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`The present system provides many benefits, including but not limited to, low
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`cost, easy installation, limited power requirements and wireless operation and signal
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`transmission. Many other benefits will be appreciated by those skilled in the art
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`upon reading and understanding the present description.
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`U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/098,392, filed Aug. 29, 1998;
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`30 U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/098,270 filed Aug. 28, 1998; U.S.
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`Provisional Patent Application No. 60/105,493 filed October 23, 1998; and U.S.
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`Provisional Patent Application No. 60/135,862 filed May, 25, 1999, are all hereby
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`incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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`FIG. 1 shows one example of a premises 30, such as a house, garage, yard,
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`warehouse, vehicle or any fixed, portable, or mobile location or structure intended
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`for detection monitoring. A Portable Detection Unit 20 ("PDU 20") is located in or
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`on the premises 30 for detection or monitoring of one or more events or conditions.
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`Detection of events and status of the PDU 20 is communicated to Personal Control
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`Panel 10 ("PCP 1 0"). PCP _1 0 is shown "off premises" but may be used "on
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`premises" as well. The PCP 10 is useful for monitoring the condition of the PDU 20
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`and for reception of detected events. PCP 10 is also useful for, among other things,
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`transmitting information to PDU 20 for the purposes of either arming the PDU 20,
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`disarming PDU 20, and/or cancelling an alarm deemed false by the user ofPCP 10.
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`In one embodiment, PCP 10 and PDU 20 communicate using a short range
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`communication device which is dedicated for such communications and which also
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`15 may include a limited range, such as approximately that of the premises. Other
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`short range embodiments are possible without departing from the present system. In
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`one embodiment, PCP 10 and PDU 20 communicate using a combination of short
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`range communications and long range communications, depending on the distance
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`ofPCP 10 from PDU 20. In yet another embodiment, PCP 10 and PDU 20
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`communicate using a long range communication system, even if the
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`communications are conducted in proximity. Such a system incorporates an
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`existing wireless communications network, such as a cellular network, satellite
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`network, paging network, narrowband PCS, narrowband trunk radio, or other
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`wireless communication network. Combinations of such networks and other
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`embodiments may be substituted without departing from the present system.
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`FIG. 2 shows one embodiment of a PDU 20 which includes a
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`communications module 200, a control 202, one or more detectors 204, and power
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`206. In one embodiment PDU 20 is a self powered detector capable of
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`communications with a PCP 10 in one embodiment, a wireless communications
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`network (not shown in FIG. 2) in another embodiment, or both a PCP 10 and a
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`wireless communications network in yet another embodiment. Other embodiments
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`and combinations are possible without departing from the present system.
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`In the PDU 20 shown in FIG. 2, there is a detector 204 which detects events,
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`including, but not limited to, motion detection, temperature detection, water
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`detection, vibration detection, breakage detection, smoke detection, carbon
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`monoxide detection, and proximity detection. Other detectors or combinations of
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`detectors may be used without departing from the present system. In various
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`embodiments, control 202 coordinates communications between the
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`communications module 200 and the outside world (such as PCP 10 or a wireless
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`communication network, fqr example). Control202 may also process instructions
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`received by communications module 200 regarding arming the PDU 20, disarming
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`10 PDU 20, and cancellation of alarms, to name a few operations. With control 202,
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`several operations may be performed using multiple detectors.
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`In one embodiment, the PDU 20 includes an output module 208 which
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`provides control outputs to auxiliary devices and appliances 210. The outputs may
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`be used to actuate an audible or vis~al annunciator in the premise such as an alarm.
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`In other applications the outputs may be connected to appliances to provide
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`actuation or control. The outputs may be signaled by changes in voltages,
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`impedance, current, magnetic field, electromagnetic energy such as radio frequency
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`signals, infrared signals or optical signals, and audible or other forms of mechanical
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`energy. The outputs may be direct changes of state, analog, or digital in form.
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`in a limiting or restrictive sense. The output module may be activated and
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`controlled by the PCP 10 or the control 202, or by the actuation of the detector 204
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`or a combination of these.
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`In one embodiment the PDU 20 is self powered. In one embodiment the
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`PDU 20 is powered using an auxiliary power supply. In one embodiment the PDU
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`20 is charged using an auxiliary power supply.
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`FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B and FIG. 3C demonstrate a variety of short range and long
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`range communications modules 200 in various embodiment examples. For instance,
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`in FIG. 3A, the communication modules 200 includes a short range module, such as
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`a bidirectional short range communication system with a network module. The
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`network module may be used either for long range communications over a wireless
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`communications network or for short range communications where the network is
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`electronics to decide whether to conduct communications between the PDU 20 and
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`the outside world using the short range module or the network module. In one
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`embodiment the system may employ different portions of the network to provide
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`short range, intermediate range, or long range network connections, depending on
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`the distance between the PDU and any receiving component of the system, such as
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`PCP or central station. In one such embodiment, the network automatically adjusts
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`for different required transmission distances.
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`In one embodiment; the network module is a cellular communications
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`1 0 module. In one embodiment, the network module is a paging module, for example,
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`a two-way paging module. In one embodiment the network module is a satellite
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`module. In one embodiment the network module is a wideband or narrowband PCS
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`module. In one embodiment the network module is a wideband or narrowband
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`tnmk radio module. Other modules are possible without departing from the present
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`system. In one embodiment, the network module supports multiple network
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`systems, such as a cellular module and a two-way paging module, for example. In
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`such embodiments, the system may prefer one form of network communications
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`over another and may switch depending on a variety of factors such as available
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`service, signal strength, or types of communications being supported. For example,
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`the cellular module may be used as a default and the paging module may take over
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`once cellular service is either weak or otherwise unavailable. Other permutations
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`are possible without departing from the present system.
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`FIG. 3B shows an embodiment including a network module. The variations
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`in embodiments of network modules and uses of each described above apply here as
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`FIG. 3C shows an embodiment where a short range communications module
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`is used for conducting communications between the PDU 20 and the outside world.
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`Any conventional and nonconventional bidirectional short range communications
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`may be employed for short range communications.
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`FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of a PCP 10 having
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`communications module 400, control 402, I/0 404 and power 406. In one
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`embodiment, the PCP 10 has a counterpart communications module to PDU 20 so
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`that the communications are possible using the same communication means. For
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`example, if PDU 20 has a network module and a short range module, as shown in
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`FIG. 3A, then PCP 10, in this embodiment, includes a network module and a short
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`range module, capable of supporting bidirectional communications between PDU
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`5 20, PCP 10, and possibly a wireless communication network. In other
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`embodiments, the PCP 10 need not have counterpart communications modules 400
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`to those in PDU 20.
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`Control402 ofPCP 10 is used to coordinate instructions entered on I/0 404
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`for transmission to the PDU 20 using communication module 400. In one
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`embodiment VO 404 is a keypad for entering instructions with a display for viewing
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`status information. In one embodiment an audio indicator is used to signal a
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`detected event. In one embodiment a visual indicator is used to signal a detected
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`event. In one embodiment a vibration indicator is used to signal a detected event.
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`In one embodiment separate indicators are provided for a plurality of detection
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`functions.
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`In one embodiment, the power supply of PCP 406 is used to power the
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`device. In one embodiment, the PCP 10 is powered using an auxiliary power
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`supply. In one embodiment the PCP 10 is charged using an auxiliary power supply.
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`FIG. 5 is a diagram demonstrating different communication modes possible
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`20 with the present system according to one embodiment. In this figure PDU 501 at
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`premises A may communicate over a wireless communication network 530 to
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`transceive signals relating to detected events with' central station 540 or PCP 512. If
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`PCP 512 is in range for short range communications, then PCP 512 may receive
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`signals directly from a PDU, such as PDU 502 shown at premises Bin FIG. 5.
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`PCP 512 may also communicate with other PDUs and with other PCPs, such
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`as PCP 513. In FIG 5 the communications between PCP 512 and PCP 513 are not
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`shown over network 530, however, such communications are possible in various
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`embodiments of the present system. In like manner, PDUs may communicate with
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`multiple PCPs, not all possessing identical communication modules. Inter-protocol
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`paging and cellular networks and modules communicate with each other through an
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`IP-based protocol, such as over the Internet.
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`In one embodiment, PCP 513 is programmable to assume the identity of
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`another PCP, such as PCP 512. When PCP 513 assumes the identity of PCP 512, it
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`acts as if it were PCP 512 to the external world. One application where this is
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`particularly useful is for when the native PCP becomes disabled or failed to operate.
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`In this case, another PCP with the proper authorization and access code is used to
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`perform any monitoring and/or control function. There are several methods of
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`assuming identity: In one embodiment, PCP 512 and PCP 513 are part of a trusting
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`domain of a network. In another embodiment, PCP 512 and PCP 513 are friends in
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`the sense of object methodologies. In another embodiment, PCP 513 assumes the
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`identity ofPCP 512 by entering a certain security code, such as a password. In
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`another embodiment, PCP 513 includes an alias ofPCP 512, where aliases of PCP
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`512 have the same security clearance of access as PCP 512. In another embodiment,
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`PCP 513 is an alias of PCP 512, where aliases of PCP 512 have a predetermined
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`level of security clearance of access ofPCP 512. These examples are no exclusive
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`systems and methods.
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`In one embodiment wireless communication network 530 is a cellular
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`telephone network. In another embodiment wireless communication network 530 is
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`a two-way paging network. In one embodiment wireless communication network
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`530 is a satellite network. In one embodiment wireless communication network 530
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`is a wideband or narrowband PCS network. In one embodiment wireless
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`communication network 530 is a wideband or narrowband trunk radio network.
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`Other networks are possible without departing from the present system. In one
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`embodiment, wireless communication network 530 supports multiple network
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`systems, such as cellular mode and a two-way paging network, for example. In such
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`embodiments, the system may prefer one form of network communications to
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`another and may switch depending on a variety of factors such as available service,
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`signal strength, or types of communications being supported. For example, the
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`cellular network may be used as the primary network and the paging network may
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`take over once cellular service is either weak or otherwise unavailable. In another
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`embodiment the transmission may originate in one type of network such as a paging
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`network and terminate in another type of network such as a cellular network. The
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