METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY MONITORING A SITE

摘要

The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit false alarms to be distinguished, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In exemplary embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols (IP) from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time over preexisting communication networks, such as the Internet (304). A wireless network (302) can also be established using browser encapsulated communication programs to transmit data packets which comply with any standard wireless local area network protocol (306). Communications can thereby be established between a web server (420) embedded in a centrally located host monitoring station (202) and a separate security panel (206).