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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 capabil

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 from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time over preexisting communication networks, such as the Internet. A wireless network can also be established using browser encapsulated communication programs (for example, active X control, Java applets, and so forth) to transmit data packets which comply with any standard wireless local area network protocol. Communications can thereby be established between a web server embedded in a centrally located host monitoring station and a separate security panel deployed in each of the buildings to be remotely monitored. In exemplary embodiments, communications can be handed off from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, to a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). The handoff can be such that direct communications are established between a security panel site being monitored and the laptop, or over, for example, a cellular network or indirect communications can be established via the host monitoring station.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. Apparatus for monitoring a space, comprising:a security panel located at the space, said security panel having a plurality of sensors; anda monitoring system for receiving, in real time, self initiated changes in point sensor status information regarding the space from

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. Apparatus for monitoring a space, comprising:a security panel located at the space, said security panel having a plurality of sensors; anda monitoring system for receiving, in real time, self initiated changes in point sensor status information regarding the space from the security panel over a network using a network protocol, said monitoring system including a graphic interface to display said information in real time as multistate outputs associated with each of said plurality of sensors.