Method and system for monitoring the status and operation of devices from a central location
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring the status of devices from a centralized location comprising the steps of:
- installing a device on a monitoring system that has a centralized status manager and storage location, said device being one of a plurality of devices on the monitoring system;
receiving at the centralized manager a status change notification from one of the devices on the system;
identifying the specific device on the system that transmitted the status change notification; and
storing the status change information in the storage location for that specific device.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system to monitor the statuses of devices that operate in a network environment such as a physical facility from a central location. In this system, there is a repository of the status of all designated device attributes of a device including the past state history of the device. Each device on the system will transmit a state change notification to the central location each time the status of the device changes. This status change will be recorded in the storage location. The implementation of a centralized configuration also provides each device, product and smart application a common interface to use to transmit messages or information to other devices in the same facility of devices that are connected to the same central location. It also enables devices to recover to a previous state or reset devices to a present state in the event of a power outage.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring the status of devices from a centralized location comprising the steps of:
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installing a device on a monitoring system that has a centralized status manager and storage location, said device being one of a plurality of devices on the monitoring system;
receiving at the centralized manager a status change notification from one of the devices on the system;
identifying the specific device on the system that transmitted the status change notification; and
storing the status change information in the storage location for that specific device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15)
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11. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for monitoring the status of devices from a centralized location comprising:
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instructions for installing a device on a monitoring system that has a centralized status manager and storage location, said device being one of a plurality of devices on the monitoring system;
instructions for receiving at the centralized manager a status change notification from one of the devices on the system;
instructions for identifying the specific device on the system that transmitted the status change notification; and
instructions for storing the status change information in the storage location for that specific device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring the status of devices from a centralized location comprising:
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a plurality of devices capable of operating in multiple states;
a centralized status monitor cable of receiving status information from said plurality of devices;
a centralized storage facility for storing status of the plurality of said plurality of devices;
a system of communication links to connect said plurality of devices to said centralized status monitor; and
a plurality of status notification modules to enable each of said plurality of devices to transmit a status change to said centralized status monitor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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