VIRTUAL MANAGER
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Abstract
A virtual management system comprises video cameras, and various other sensors that acquire event data indicative relating to the processing of stock. This data is passed to a local data collection device that aggregates the event data and passes it via a network to a number of remote data processing modules. The event data is allocated to each of the data processing modules based upon their assigned tasks by a virtual manager agent. A data processing module receives the aggregated event data from the local data collection device via a network and processes the event data according to a set of pre-defined rules. The data processing module generates an alert in response to the processing of the event data indicating that a pre-defined event has occurred, and transmits the alert to a remote device associated with an employee.
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123 Claims
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1-54. -54. (canceled)
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55. A virtual management system data processing unit comprising:
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at transceiver arranged to control the flow of data to and from the data processing unit; a processor arranged to receive, via the transceiver at least a portion of event data acquired from at least one local data acquisition device;
the processor being further arranged process the event data according to a set of pre-defined rules, being arranged to generate an alert in response to the processing of the event data indicating that a specified event has occurred, and being further arranged to transmit the alert to a remote device associated with an employee, via the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A method of virtually managing stock comprising:
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acquiring event data indicative of an event at at least one local data acquisition device; aggregating the event data at a local data collection device; receiving the aggregated event data from the data collection device via a network; processing the event data according to a set of pre-defined rules; generating an alert in response to the processing of the event data indicating that a pre-defined event has occurred at the at least one data processing module; and transmitting the alert to a remote device associated with an employee. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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- 78. The method according to 70 comprising comparing an event identified by the rules to stored model event data.
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86. A computer readable storage medium carrying a computer program stored thereon which when executed cause a processor to:
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acquire event data indicative of an event at at least one local data acquisition device; aggregate the event data at a local data collection device; receive the aggregated event data from the data collection device via a network; process the event data according to a set of pre-defined rules; generate an alert in response to the processing of the event data indicating that a pre-defined event has occurred at the at least one data processing module; and transmit the alert to a remote device associated with an employee. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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102. A virtual management system comprising:
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at least one data acquisition device arranged to acquire event data indicative of an event at a location; a local data collection device arranged to aggregate the event data; at least one data processing module arranged to receive the aggregated event data from the local data collection device via a network, and being further arranged to process the event data according to a set of pre-defined rules; the at least one data processing module being further arranged to generate an alert in response to the processing of the event data indicating that a predefined event has occurred, and being further arranged to transmit the alert to a remote device associated with an employee. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
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