REMOTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF SUNLESS TANNING DEVICES

• US 20130262033A1
• Filed: 04/02/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nosun, LLC
• Original Assignee: Nosun, LLC
• Inventors: Henson, Greg
• Application Number:
  US13/855,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262033A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/183
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0626 Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0614 Tanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/01 Customer relationship services

Abstract

A system is provided for monitoring a sunless tanning device or numerous sunless tanning devices within a single or multiple facilities. The system includes monitoring devices within the sunless tanning devices for collecting and relaying usage and diagnostic information. The system also includes a communications interface for receiving and transmitting data transmissions from the sunless device to a central supervisory monitoring location. A related method is also provided for determining and responding to occurrences of an event associated with an alarm trigger, the usage of the sunless tanning device on a real time or set time bases, or general update or changes to operational parameters.

Claims

1. A method for remotely monitoring and managing a sunless tanning device, comprising the steps of:

a. monitoring the outputs from at least one sensor within a sunless tanning device;

b. collecting information from the sensors;

c. categorizing the information; and

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d. transmitting information associated with a status of the sensors, over a network using a network protocol, to a supervisory monitory system.

2. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, further comprising adjusting the operational parameters of at least one of the sunless tanning devices based on the sensor information.

3. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, wherein the information collected is usage information.

4. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, wherein the information collected is diagnostic information.

5. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic information includes liquid fluid levels, volume delivery, pressure, movement of the sunless tanning devices spray bar, exhaust systems, voice prompt systems, or heated air delivery.

6. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, further comprising monitoring in real time.

7. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, further comprising monitoring over a defined interval for relay of information.

8. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 7, wherein the defined intervals are every 24 hours.

9. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the number of cycles completed in order to deliver information on the sunless tanning sessions used.

10. The method for remotely monitoring of claim 1, wherein the information is transmitted using encapsulated communications programs and a standard Internet browser.

11. The method for remotely monitoring from claim 1, wherein the information delivered are alarm conditions, wherein the alarm conditions are transmitted over the network to a supervisory monitoring system, wherein the supervisory monitoring system creates an occurrence vent and relays the occurrence event to a desired location to handle the alarm condition.

12. A computer-readable medium storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process for remotely monitoring and managing a plurality of sunless tanning devices, the computer process comprising:

a. capturing usage and diagnostic information from one or more sensors on each of the sunless tanning devices;

b. categorizing the usage and diagnostic information;

c. adjusting the operational parameters of at least one of the sunless tanning devices based on the usage and diagnostic information; and

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d. transmitting usage and diagnostic information to at least one data storage location.

13. A system for remotely monitoring a sunless tanning device comprising;

a. at least one computing device; and

b. instructions executable by the at least one computing device to;

i. collect information from at least on sensor on the sunless tanning device;

ii. capture information from at least one sensor on the sunless tanning device;

iii. categorize information from at least one sensor on the sunless tanning device;

iv. dynamically generate an event tag for the information captured;

v. transmit the event tag to a viewer; and

vi. transmit adjusting operational parameters to a viewer.