System and method for performing telemetric measurements

• US 20050108100A1
• Filed: 12/09/2002
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Bruekers, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus, Van Der Veen, Minne
• Granted Patent: US 7,486,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

System for performing telemetric measurements, comprising a plurality of mobile communication devices (100), each communication device (100) being provided with at least one sensor (110) and a sensor control section (120) for performing measurements, a cellular communication network structure for the mobile communication devices, a server provided with communication means for receiving measurement data from the plurality of mobile communication devices (100), and for sending measurement instructions to respective sensor control sections (120) of the mobile communication devices (100) wherein the sensor control sections (120) are programmable by the server.

Claims

1. System for performing telemetric measurements, comprising

a plurality of mobile communication devices (100),

each communication device (100) being provided with at least one sensor (110) and a sensor control section (120) for performing measurements,

a cellular communication network structure (1) for said mobile communication devices,

a server (SRV) provided with communication means for receiving measurement data from said plurality of mobile communication devices (100), and for sending measurement instructions to respective sensor control sections (120) of said mobile communication devices (100).

2. System according to claim 1, wherein the sensor control sections (120) are programmable by the server (SRV).

3. System according to claim 1, wherein the sensor control sections (120) are arranged to perform a measurement on a predetermined point in time.

4. System according to claim 1, wherein the sensor control sections (120) are arranged to perform a measurement in response to instructions received from the server (SRV).

5. System according to claim 1, wherein the sensor control sections (120) are arranged to transmit measurement results when the respective mobile communication device (100) has established a connection over the network (1).

6. Mobile communication device for use in a system according to claim 1, comprising a communication section for communication over a cellular communications network, and at least one sensor and a sensor control section for performing measurements.

7. Method for performing telemetric measurements, comprising

instructing a sensor control section (120) of a mobile communication device (100) to perform a measurement, and

retrieving a measurement result from a mobile communication device (100) through a cellular communication network (1).

8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the instruction for performing a measurement is at least based on the position of the respective mobile communication device (100) within the cellular communication network (1).

9. Method according to claim 7, wherein the retrieval of the measurement data is performed when the respective mobile communication device (100) is engaged in communication over the cellular communication network (1).

10. Method according to claim 9, wherein the measurement data is encoded in the communication signal.

11. Method for billing communication costs within a cellular communication network comprising awarding credit towards the billing information of a subscriber to a network communication service on receipt through the communication network of measurement data performed by a mobile communication device (100) associated with the subscriber.