Monitoring system and method for connecting a monitoring device to a service server
First Claim
1. A method for connecting a monitoring device to a service server, said method comprising:
- retrieving an address relating to a control server from a memory of the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the address relating to a control server in response to a connecting event occurring at the monitoring device, extracting, at the control server, an identifier from the communication between the monitoring device and the control server, identifying, at the control server, a service server associated with the extracted identifier, sending an address relating to the identified service server from the control server to the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the identified service server in response to the receipt of the address related to the identified service server, establishing a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified service server.
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Abstract
A method according to the invention for connecting a monitoring device to a service server may comprise retrieving an address relating to a control server from a memory of the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the address relating to a control server in response to a connecting event, extracting, at the control server, an identifier from the communication between the monitoring device and the control server, identifying, at the control server, a service server associated with the extracted identifier, sending an address relating to the identified service server from the control server to the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the identified service server in response to the receipt of the address related to the identified service server, establishing a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified server.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for connecting a monitoring device to a service server, said method comprising:
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retrieving an address relating to a control server from a memory of the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the address relating to a control server in response to a connecting event occurring at the monitoring device, extracting, at the control server, an identifier from the communication between the monitoring device and the control server, identifying, at the control server, a service server associated with the extracted identifier, sending an address relating to the identified service server from the control server to the monitoring device, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the identified service server in response to the receipt of the address related to the identified service server, establishing a service connection between the monitoring device and the identified service server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A monitoring system comprising:
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a monitoring device, a control server, a plurality of service servers and a network connecting the servers and the monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device includes;
a memory including a connection address, initiating means arranged to send a connection message over the network to the connection address in response to an initiation event, and means arranged to send a new connection message to an address received in a message via said network, wherein the control server includes;
an identity extractor arranged to extract an identifier from a communication between the monitoring device and the control server, matching means arranged to match the extracted identifier to a control server or a service server and retrieve an address to the matched service server, and a message generator arranged to generate a message including the retrieved address and to send the generated message to the monitoring device, and wherein each service server includes;
means for receiving and processing monitoring data from a monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A control server for a monitoring system comprising:
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an interface connecting the server to a network;
an identity extractor arranged to extract an identifier from a message received from a monitoring device;
matching means arranged to match the extracted identifier to a control server or a service server and retrieve an address to the matched service server; and
a message generator arranged to generate a message including the retrieved address. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A monitoring device comprising:
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a memory including an address associated to a control server, an initiation means arranged to send a connection message over the network to said address in response to an initiation event, and means arranged to send a new connection message to an address received in a message via said network in response to the receipt of said received message. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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