Portable alarm system

Claim 1

An alarm device, comprising: a single portable enclosure, said enclosure including a handle to enable a person to carry said enclosure by hand; a user interface control panel secured within said enclosure, wherein said interface control panel is accessible to a user of said alarm device; a microprocessor board installed within said enclosure, said board in communication with said interface control panel; a signal receiver installed within said enclosure, said receiver in communication with said microprocessor board, and wherein said receiver receives signals from at least one zone within a structure being monitored; a communication circuit secured within said enclosure, and independent of any hard wired telephone lines connected to said structure, said communication circuit adapted to initiate a telephone call to a location apart from said structure; an audio siren connected to said microprocessor board, wherein said siren is electrically connected to said microprocessor board so as to sound when a signal is received at said signal receiver indicating said zone of said structure has been breached; and a data interface electrically connected to said communication circuit and said microprocessor board for communicating a signal to said communication circuit from said microprocessor board to cause said communication circuit to initiate a telephone call.