AUTOMATIC REMOTE INSTRUMENTATION COMMUNICATION

• US 20140354448A1
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cartasite Incorporated (Geoforce Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cartasite Incorporated (Geoforce Incorporated)
• Inventors: Armitage, David L.
• Application Number:
  US14/286,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354448A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.16
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Systems, software, and methods are provided for automatically communicating remote sensor information when a communication device is in range of the sensor(s) or other transmission source. Furthermore, the communication device may then communicate the information when the communication device enters into range of a data collection system.

Claims

1. A monitoring method, the method comprising;

receiving information from a sensing device by a monitoring device, generally automatically, when the monitoring and the sensing device are proximate; and

transmitting the received information to a data collection system by the monitoring device when a communication path is available between the monitoring device and the data collection system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing device and the monitoring device communicate at least in part via a Bluetooth-type communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication path between the monitoring device and the central database comprises a cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, wired, wireless, near field, or radio frequency-type communication path.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the proximate distance is generally about 0.1-1500 feet between the sensing device and the monitoring device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the received information to a cloud-based application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information is used to create a report.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the report is transmitted to a third party.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device comprises a personal communication device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the personal communication device comprises a cellular telephone.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein generally automatically comprises no user input to the monitoring device.

11. A computer readable medium, having stored thereon instructions, which if executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive information from a sensing device by a monitoring device, generally automatically, when the monitoring and the sensing device are proximate at least in part via wireless communication; and

transmitting the received information to a central database by the monitoring device when a communication path is available between the monitoring device and the central database,

wherein the communication path comprises a cellular network communication path.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein wireless communication comprises a Bluetooth-type communication.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the communication path between the monitoring device and the central database comprises a satellite, Wi-Fi, or radio frequency-type communication path.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the proximate distance is generally about 1-1200 feet between the sensing device and the monitoring device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the received information to a cloud-based application.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the received information is used to create a report and the report is sent to a third party.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein monitoring device comprises a cellular telephone.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 11, where the sensing device is capable of creating information about a sensed item.

19. A system for automatically retrieving remote data, comprising a monitoring device, the computing device comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive information from a sensing device by the monitoring device, generally automatically, when the monitoring and the sensing device are proximate at least in part via wireless communication; and

a transmitting module configured to transmit the received information to a data collection system by the monitoring device when a communication path is available between the monitoring device and the data collection system,

wherein the communication path between the monitoring device and the central database comprises a cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, wired, wireless, near field, or radio frequency-type communication path,

wherein generally automatically comprises no user input to the monitoring device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein wireless communication comprises a Bluetooth-type communication.