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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Mark Douglas Okeefe, San Diego, CA (US);
Matt S. Kruger, San Diego, CA (US);
Alfred M. Lizza, Oyster Bay, NY (US);
Mark Douglas Okeefe, San Diego, CA (US);
Matt S. Kruger, San Diego, CA (US);
Alfred M. Lizza, Oyster Bay, NY (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling an appliance. The method includes the steps of a security system within a secured area, said security system having a wireless transmitter transmitting status messages including at least a first encrypted message that the security system in armed and a second encrypted message that the security system is disarmed, an appliance control device having a wireless receiver and a decryption unit, the wireless receiver receiving the first and second encrypted messages, the decryption unit decrypting the first encrypted message to recover the armed status message and decrypting the second encrypted message to recover the disarmed status message and an appliance associated with the secured area and controlled by the appliance control device, the appliance entering a relatively low energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the armed message and the appliance entering a relatively high energy consuming mode in response to the appliance control device receiving the disarmed message.