Method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
- a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability;
one or more sensors to detect one or more physical parameters and generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters;
an analog-to-digital converter for converting one or more of the sensor signals to a digital format and to provide one or more corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor;
instructions for processing said sensor signals and corresponding digital signals and generating an alarm signal when any of the one or more physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value;
at least one input/output port for communicating with the network;
one or more memory modules for storing system data;
a network based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving monitoring status and alarm information from the system; and
a power source to power the system.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring a space and its contents over a network. The system can include an embedded Java microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability, and sensors to detect physical parameters associated with the space. The sensors can generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters. An analog-to-digital converter can convert the sensor signals to a digital format and can provide corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor. The system further includes instructions for processing the sensor signals and corresponding digital signals. An alarm signal can be generated when any of the physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value. The system of the present invention can have at least one input/output port for communicating with the network and one or more memory modules for storing system data. The system of this invention can have a network-based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving monitoring status and alarm information from the system. The interface can be an HTML interface. A power source provides power to the system.
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92 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
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a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability;
one or more sensors to detect one or more physical parameters and generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters;
an analog-to-digital converter for converting one or more of the sensor signals to a digital format and to provide one or more corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor;
instructions for processing said sensor signals and corresponding digital signals and generating an alarm signal when any of the one or more physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value;
at least one input/output port for communicating with the network;
one or more memory modules for storing system data;
a network based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving monitoring status and alarm information from the system; and
a power source to power the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
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a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability;
a video imager to generate a digital image of the space or its contents;
instructions for processing said digital image and forwarding said digital image to the network;
at least one input/output port for communicating with the network;
one or more memory modules for storing system data;
a network based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving information from the system; and
a power source to power the system. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
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a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability;
instructions for software agents operable to investigate the internal condition of network components and generate one or more component status signals;
instructions for processing said status signals and generating an alarm signal when any of the one or more component status signals exceeds a corresponding threshold value;
at least one input/output port for communicating with the network;
one or more memory modules for storing system data;
a network based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving information from the system; and
a power source to power the system. - View Dependent Claims (58)
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59. A method for monitoring a space and its contents over a network with an integrated network server, comprising the steps of:
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providing processing and network connectivity capability with a microprocessor;
at one or more sensors, detecting one or more physical parameters;
generating at said sensors one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters;
converting one or more of the sensor signals to a digital format at an analog-to-digital converter and forwarding one or more corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor;
processing said sensor signals to generate an alarm signal when any of the one or more physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value;
communicating monitoring data with the network through at least one input/output port;
providing programming instructions to the microprocessor through a network-based interface; and
transmitting space and content status information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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