REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH CELLULAR GATEWAY

• US 20140118135A1
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sensored Life LLC
• Original Assignee: Sensored Life LLC
• Inventors: O'Brien, Michael, Odorczyk, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,159,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.11
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer, configures at least one sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one sensing device with a personal communications device wherein the at least one sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the personal communications device, a sensor signal that is indicative of the at least one ambient condition according to the setup instructions. In response to the transmitted sensor signal, information about the at least one ambient condition displays on the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one sensing device.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:

configuring at least one sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one sensing device with a personal communications device,

wherein the at least one sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal that indicates a change in at least one ambient condition, according to the setup instructions;

and

displaying, in response to the transmitted sensor signal, information about the at least one ambient condition on the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one sensing device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein configuring the at least one sensing device further comprises providing an email address for displaying the at least one ambient condition at a second site that is different from the first site and from the remote site.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein configuring the at least one sensing device further comprises providing a cell phone number for displaying the at least one ambient condition at a second site that is different from the first site and from the remote site.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring one or more additional sensing devices at the remote site for sensing one or more additional ambient conditions, configuring the one or more additional sensing devices for signal communication with the at least one sensing device, and displaying a listing of the one or more additional configured sensing devices and their associated ambient conditions at the first site.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensing device comprises a temperature sensor.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensing device comprises a humidity sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensing device comprises a movement sensor.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensing device detects power loss.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the setup instructions are transmitted using a cellular phone connection.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the setup instructions comprise one or more threshold values for the at least one ambient condition.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to transmit the sensor signal when the at least one ambient condition exceeds or falls below the one or more threshold values.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring, at the host processor, a notification method and a contact address corresponding to the at least one sensing device.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to transmit the sensor signal at predetermined time intervals.

14. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:

configuring at least one sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one sensing device with a personal communications device,

wherein the at least one sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the personal communications device, a sensor signal that indicates that the at least one ambient condition is outside a threshold value range that is configured in the setup instructions;

and

displaying, in response to the transmitted sensor signal, information about the at least one ambient condition on the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one sensing device and on a display that is associated with the host processor.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein configuring the at least one sensing device further comprises configuring one or more additional auxiliary sensing devices at the remote site for monitoring one or more additional ambient conditions and displaying a listing of configured sensing devices and their associated ambient conditions at the first site.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising configuring the one or more additional sensing devices to communicate with the personal communications device through the at least one sensing device.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one sensing device detects one or more of temperature, humidity, pressure, power loss, vibration, light, and movement.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein at least one of the one or more configured additional auxiliary sensing devices provides an indicator to indicate established communication with the at least one sensing device.

19. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:

configuring at least one primary sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one primary sensing device with a personal communications device,

wherein the at least one primary sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the personal communications device, a primary sensor signal that indicates a change in the at least one ambient condition that is configured in the setup instructions;

configuring at least one auxiliary sensing device at the remote site for monitoring one or more additional ambient conditions, wherein the configuration associates the at least one auxiliary sensing device with the at least one primary sensing device and wherein at least one auxiliary sensing device is energizable to transmit an auxiliary sensor signal to the at least one primary sensing device for transmission of a third sensor signal that indicates a change in the one or more additional ambient conditions monitored by the auxiliary sensing device;

and

displaying, on a first display of the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one primary sensing device and on a second display that is associated with the host processor, in response to the transmitted third sensor signal, information about the one or more additional ambient conditions monitored by the at least one auxiliary sensing device.