Service device for a fire protection system, corresponding fire protection system, system for operating a fire protection system, and associated method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12080150-B2
Application number	US-202017607290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2020
Priority date	May 6, 2019
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A fire protection system, which is configured to communicate with a central device of the fire protection system and with at least one user terminal in order to grant the user terminal access to at least part of the system information of the fire protection system, wherein the service device processes the system information for transmission to the at least one user terminal, transmits it to the user terminal and adjusts it in response to user input. A fire protection system configured to communicate with such a service device, a system for operating a fire protection system with such a service device, and a corresponding method for operating the fire protection system is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A service device for a fire protection system, comprising:
a communication device which is configured to communicate with a central device of the fire protection system via a first bidirectional communication link and to communicate with at least one user terminal via a second bidirectional communication link in order to grant the at least one user terminal access to at least a part of system information of the fire protection system; and
a memory device for storing the system information, wherein the memory device is configured to store a first software identification of software data, and
at least one computing device is configured to:
receive the system information from the central device and to process it for transmission to the at least one user terminal,
receive at least one user input from the at least one user terminal in response to the system information,
perform adjustment of the system information of the fire protection system based on the at least one user input,
read, via the first communication link, a second software identification from the central device, such second software identification being indicative of the software data on the central device,
compare the first software identification and the second software identification, and
in response to determining that the first software identification and the second software identification differ, transmit the software data to the central device via the first communication link.

2. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:
recognize a difference between the system information stored in the memory device and the system information provided by the central device, and
to adjust the system information in the memory device in response to this difference.

3. A service device according to claim 2 , wherein the computing device is further configured to recognize the difference upon establishment of the first communication link between the central device and the service device.

4. A service device according to claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to determine an access authorization of the at least one user terminal, and to filter the system information transmitted to the at least one user terminal based on the access authorization.

5. A service device for a fire protection system, comprising:
a communication device which is configured to communicate with a central device of the fire protection system via a first bidirectional communication link and to communicate with at least one user terminal via a second bidirectional communication link in order to grant the at least one user terminal access to at least a part of system information of the fire protection system,
a memory device for storing the system information,
at least one computing device configured to:
receive the system information from the central device and to process it for transmission to the at least one user terminal,
receive at least one user input from the at least one user terminal in response to the system information,
perform adjustment of the system information of the fire protection system based on the at least one user input;
recognize a difference between the system information stored in the memory device and the system information provided by the central device, and
adjust the system information in the memory device in response to this difference, and
recognize the difference upon establishment of the first communication link between the central device and the service device.

6. A service device according to claim 5 , wherein the memory device is further configured to store a first software identification of software data, wherein the computing device is further configured to:
read, via the first communication link, a second software identification from the central device, such second software identification being indicative of the software data on the central device,
compare the first software identification and the second software identification, and
in response to determining that the first software identification and the second software identification differ, to transmit the software data to the central device via the first communication link.

7. A service device according to claim 5 , wherein the computing device is further configured to determine an access authorization of the at least one user terminal, and to filter the system information transmitted to the at least one user terminal based on the access authorization.

8. A service device for a fire protection system comprising:
a communication device which is configured to communicate with a central device of the fire protection system via a first bidirectional communication link and to communicate with at least one user terminal via a second bidirectional communication link in order to grant the at least one user terminal access to at least a part of system information of the fire protection system, and
at least one computing device configured to:
receive the system information from the central device and to process it for transmission to the at least one user terminal,
receive at least one user input from the at least one user terminal in response to the system information,
perform adjustment of the system information of the fire protection system based on the at least one user input;
determine an access authorization of the at least one user terminal, and to filter the system information transmitted to the at least one user terminal based on the access authorization.

9. The service device according to claim 8 , wherein the second bidirectional communication link is configured to connect the communication device to the at least one user terminal via a server component.

10. The service device according to claim 8 , wherein the first communication link and/or the second communication link comprises an encrypted communication link.

11. The service device according to claim 8 , further comprising an identification device configured to transmit identification data of the service device to the central device and/or the at least one user terminal.

12. A service device according to claim 8 , wherein a memory device is configured to store a first software identification of software data, and wherein the computing device is further configured to:
read, via the first communication link, a second software identification from the central device, such second software identification being indicative of the software data on the central device,
compare the first software identification and the second software identification, and
in response to determining that the first software identification and the second software identification differ, to transmit the software data to the central device via the first communication link.

13. A service device according to claim 8 , wherein the computing device is further configured to recognize a difference between system information stored in a memory device and the system information from the central device, and wherein the computing device is configured to recognize the difference upon establishment of the first communication link between the central device and the service device.

14. The service device according to claim 8 , further comprising an indication device configured to output an indication when receiving of the system information by the communication device is complete.

15. The service device according to claim 8 , wherein the system information comprises at least one of the following:
data comprising information about at least one component of the fire pro

Assignees

• Minimax Viking Res & Dev Gmbh

Inventors

• Liese Henning
• Mandelkau Detlef
• Wissmann Oliver
• Hallwass-Fedder Bernd
• Lickefett André

Classifications

• G08B29/18

  Prevention or correction of operating errors (G08B29/02, G08B29/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04L12/2825 Primary

  Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002) · CPC title

• G08B29/12

  Checking intermittently signalling or alarm systems · CPC title

• G08B29/145 Primary

  of fire detection circuits · CPC title