Telemetry system and method
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a remote telemetry device to monitor at least one sensor input, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition and a regular time interval, the alarm condition comprising any measurement of the sensor input that is outside of a user defined measurement range, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor that includes non-volatile memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device;
a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, the central station including a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages, the wide area network communications module to manage message traffic between a wide area communications network and the central database;
a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device; and
a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database.
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Abstract
A system comprising a remote telemetry device to monitor at least one sensor input, a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device, and a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database. The telemetry device may be programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition and a regular time interval. The central station may include a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages.
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37 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a remote telemetry device to monitor at least one sensor input, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition and a regular time interval, the alarm condition comprising any measurement of the sensor input that is outside of a user defined measurement range, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor that includes non-volatile memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device;
a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, the central station including a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages, the wide area network communications module to manage message traffic between a wide area communications network and the central database;
a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device; and
a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system comprising:
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a remote telemetry device to monitor at least one sensor input, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition and a regular time interval, the alarm condition comprising any measurement of the sensor input that is outside of a user defined measurement range, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor that includes non-volatile memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device;
a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, the central station including a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages, the wide area network communications module to manage message traffic between a wide area communications network and the central database;
a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device;
a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database; and
a power source, the power source responsive to an alternating current transmission, the power source connected to the remote telemetry device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of remotely monitoring a telemetry device using a computer network, the method comprising:
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monitoring at least one sensor input using a remote telemetry device;
using the remote telemetry device to communicate measurement data to a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition and a regular time interval, the alarm condition comprising any measurement of the sensor input that is outside of a user defined measurement range, storing the measurement data communicated by the telemetry device to a central database;
providing a user with remote access to the measured data stored at the central database using a computer network user interface connected to the internet.; and
receiving an alarm notification message via the computer network user interface, the alarm notification message issued by a notification module coupled to the central station, the alarm notification message issued in response to an alarm condition.
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