Methods for Remote Device Status Determination
First Claim
1. A method for remote device status determination based on real-time monitoring data reception, comprising:
- receiving a data signal in real-time from a remote device, wherein the data signal represents a current status value of a monitored condition at the remote device, wherein the monitored condition is characterized by a current state that can be any one of a number of possible states;
determining whether the current status value of the monitored condition as indicated by the received data signal satisfies a hysteresis criterion associated with the current state of the monitored condition;
if the current status value of the monitored condition satisfies the hysteresis criterion, then determining whether the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for a specified persistence period;
if the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for the specified persistence period, then changing the current state of the monitored condition to reflect the current status value of the monitored condition; and
conveying the current state of the monitored condition to a responsible entity.
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Abstract
Monitoring data is received from a remote device and represents a current status value of a monitored condition at the remote device. The monitored condition is characterized by a current state that can be any one of a number of possible states. A determination is made as to whether the current status value of the monitored condition as indicated by the received data satisfies a hysteresis criterion associated with the current state of the monitored condition. If the current status value of the monitored condition satisfies the hysteresis criterion, then a determination is made as to whether the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for a specified persistence period. If the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for the specified persistence period, then the current state of the monitored condition is changed to reflect the current status value of the monitored condition, and the changed current state is recorded.
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1. A method for remote device status determination based on real-time monitoring data reception, comprising:
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receiving a data signal in real-time from a remote device, wherein the data signal represents a current status value of a monitored condition at the remote device, wherein the monitored condition is characterized by a current state that can be any one of a number of possible states; determining whether the current status value of the monitored condition as indicated by the received data signal satisfies a hysteresis criterion associated with the current state of the monitored condition; if the current status value of the monitored condition satisfies the hysteresis criterion, then determining whether the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for a specified persistence period; if the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for the specified persistence period, then changing the current state of the monitored condition to reflect the current status value of the monitored condition; and conveying the current state of the monitored condition to a responsible entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for device status determination based on recorded monitoring data reception, comprising:
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receiving a set of monitoring data records from a remote device, wherein each monitoring data record includes a status value of a monitored condition recorded at a particular time at the remote device, wherein at any given time the monitored condition is characterized by any one of a number of possible states; storing the received set of monitoring data records in a database; sorting the monitoring data records in the database in chronological order; and processing the monitoring data records in the database in chronological order proceeding forward in time from a previous instance of known state of the monitored condition, wherein each data record is processed to identify and record changes in the monitored condition over time that satisfy a hysteresis criterion and a persistence criterion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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