SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONFIGURATION, OPERATION AND CONTROL OF AN INTERFACE DEVICE
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Abstract
A system for remote monitoring and control of remotely located equipment that minimizes wireless airtime includes an interface device coupled with the remote equipment. The interface device selectively communicates over a wireless network with a central server and/or a user device. Wireless communication with the interface device is field configurable by a user to be selectively triggered base on user specified operational conditions. Communication by the interface device may be with one of a first protocol and a second protocol based on user specified operating conditions to optimize wireless airtime. The first protocol includes a user configured data string to select information to be transmitted based on the user specified operating conditions. The second protocol includes a user configurable datafile selectively transmitted over a voice channel of the wireless network based on the user specified operating conditions. Messages communicated with the first and second protocol may be selectively utilized to generate an alert message to the user device based on a user configured message profile.
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83 Claims
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64. A system to monitor and control remote equipment, the system comprising:
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an interface device having wireless communication capabilities; a computing device in bi-directional communication with the interface device using one of a first message protocol and a second message protocol; the computing device configured to provide a customization template configurable by a user of the computing device with user settings to configure and direct operation of the interface device; and the computing device further configured to transmit the user settings to the interface device using the first message protocol, the first message protocol being a first message format that is a user customizable data string having a format and a number of bits included in the user customizable data string that are specified by the user. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method of monitoring and controlling remote equipment, the method comprising:
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providing an interface device that wirelessly communicates over a network; displaying a customization template with a computing device; receiving user settings with the computing device via the customization template, the user settings including configuration settings of the interface device to direct the interface device to communicate with the computing device; receiving user inputs in the customization template to configure a first message protocol comprising a user customized datastring, the user customized datastring having bit locations defined with the user inputs to contain the user settings received via the customization template; and transmitting a message for receipt by the interface device, the message including the first message protocol, the message directing the interface device to communicate with the computing device using a second message protocol in response to occurrence of a condition specified with the user settings, the second message protocol including a datafile and being a message format different than the first message protocol. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A system to monitor and control remote equipment, the system comprising:
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a computing device configured to display a customization template on a display of the computing device; the computing device further configured to receive user settings via the customization template, the user settings including configuration settings of an interface device in wireless communication over a network with the computing device, the configuration settings to direct the interface device to communicate with the computing device; and the computing device further configured to generate a first message protocol comprising a user customized datastring, the user customized datastring having bit locations allocated for the user settings received via the customization template, the allocation of the bit locations in the user customized datastring being based on user inputs received by the computing device via the customization template. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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