METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING SECURITY SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS

摘要

A method and apparatus for verifying a security system installations. In one embodiment, a method comprises creating a customer account record, receiving a security panel identification of a security panel and a physical address where the security panel has been installed, storing the physical address and the security panel identification in the customer account record, receiving identification information and a current location of the security panel as determined by location circuitry resident within the security panel over a communication channel used to transmit alarm event information by the security panel, comparing the current location of the security panel to the physical address stored in the customer account to determine whether the current location of the security panel is within a predetermined distance of the physical address, and providing an indication of the result of the comparison.

主权项

1. A method for verifying a location of a security panel installation, comprising:
creating a customer account record by a processor in a memory; receiving a security panel identification of a security panel and a physical address where the security panel has been installed; storing the physical address and the security panel identification in the customer account record; receiving a message from the security panel over a communication channel used to transmit alarm event information by the security panel, the message comprising identification information of the security panel sending the message and a current location of the security panel as determined by location circuitry resident within the security panel; comparing the current location of the security panel to the physical address stored in the customer account by the processor to determine whether the current location of the security panel is within a predetermined distance of the physical address; and providing an indication of the result of the comparison of whether the current location of the security panel is within the predetermined distance of the physical address stored in the customer account record.