Method and apparatus for a cooperative alarm network

US7961095B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gridbyte, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sam George · Corning, US
• H. Bola George · Aliso Viejo, US
• Ayodele J. George · Toronto, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B27/001
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods using wireless or wired network communications to form cooperative alarm networks centered on themselves. Intrusion detection alarms broadcast signals notifying other intrusion detection alarms of its status. When an alarm system experiences a security event, such as an attempted break-in, it notifies its network of its security event and other alarm systems within a cooperative network commence security measures, such as honking horns and flashing headlights. The cooperative response of the networked alarm systems increases decibel level and, in turn, the likelihood of a deterrent intervention, such as the perpetrator being apprehended, as well as increases the deterrence capability of the alarm systems.