MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling remote devices comprising:
- a central device including a database of events;
a remote device connected to a resistive or inductive electrical load;
a communications link adapted to communicate data from the central device to the remote device related to an event.
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Abstract
An apparatus to control remote devices or equipment via existing cellular telephone networks. The apparatus receives information from a customer concerning a specific function, which the customer wants to perform at the remote equipment. A Central Control receives this information from the customer and correlates the function to a specific cellular telephone MIN number, which has been pre-programmed in a computer at the Central Control. The MIN number is then sent to a cellular provider. The cellular provider then transmits the MIN number to an antenna, which transmits the MIN number to a remote equipment controller at the remotely located equipment. The remote equipment controller then takes the a part of the MIN and gives these numbers to a PLC at the remote equipment controller. The PLC then memory maps the part of the MIN to a specific function to be carried out by the remote equipment controller. Then the remote equipment controller carriers out specified functions at the remote equipment.
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51 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling remote devices comprising:
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a central device including a database of events; a remote device connected to a resistive or inductive electrical load; a communications link adapted to communicate data from the central device to the remote device related to an event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for control of remote devices comprising:
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storing in a first location information related to one or more events related to a resistive or inductive electrical load; communicating data related to an event from said first location to a second location related to said resistive or inductive electrical load; carrying out an action related to the resistive or inductive electrical load at the second location in response to said data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for control of remote electric devices comprising:
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a central control including a computer, a memory in operative communication with the computer, and a database stored in said memory; a set of remote controllers each operatively connected to one or more resistive or inductive electrical loads; a communications link adapted to communicate between said central control and said remote controllers. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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