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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Alan Wade Cohn, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald E. Battles, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Proft, Austin, TX (US);
Scott William Shumate, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Wade Cohn, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald E. Battles, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Proft, Austin, TX (US);
Scott William Shumate, Austin, TX (US);
iControl Networks, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A communications unit is provided that can be coupled to a building's telecommunication wiring to provide an automated mechanism for isolating the building's wiring from a PSTN, while also providing a telecommunications connection to an alternative communications network via, for example, broadband or cellular networks. The communications unit can further be configured to be coupled to an alarm controller unit of a security system, thereby permitting the security system to communicate with a remote server system without loss of alarm data. The communications unit can also be configured to permit the legacy security system to provide normal disconnect functionality of building telephones from an outgoing telecommunications line while an alarm condition is present.