US Patent 7167088 Wireless walk through test system

Patent 7167088 was granted and assigned to SimplexGrinnell on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

SimplexGrinnell

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7167088

Patent Inventor Names

Daniel G. Farley0

Date of Patent

January 23, 2007

Patent Application Number

11195922

Date Filed

August 3, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Van T. Trieu

Patent abstract

The present invention provides a method and system of walk through testing a fire alarm system without disrupting the building occupants. A communications channel is setup between a control panel and a communicator carried by a human tester. The tester triggers an alarm or trouble condition in a device. The control panel detects the address of the device and automatically returns to the communicator, over the communications channel, the location of the device.