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System for transmitting alarm information over telephone lines

CA 1096520 A · Owner: Post Office (The) · Inventors: Barton, Michael J.; Howard, Michael H.; Chamberlain, Ian C.

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An alarm system for transmitting alarm information via telephone lines has a plurality of alarm transmitters which are located at subscribers' premises and are adapted to transmit signals indicative of the state of alarms associated with the transmitters along telephone lines to associated receivers. The receivers are located at one or more local exchanges and the receivers at a local exchange are all connected to a local processor. The or each local processor is connected to a central processor which can direct alarm information to one of a number of terminal stations. the local processors continuously scan the outputs of the receivers. When a local processor detects a signal indicative of …

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  • Granted February 24, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 24, 1998.
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FiledFebruary 28, 1978
GrantedFebruary 24, 1981
Term endedFebruary 24, 1998
Patent numberCA 1096520 A
Classification (IPC)H04M11/04 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedFeb 28, 1978Patent grantedFeb 24, 1981Term endedFeb 24, 1998

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