SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A network for providing mobile personnel safety status, the network comprising:
- a) a safety pendant including hardware configured to provide a plurality of pendant communication modes for transmitting a status message, wherein a most costly pendant communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is selected when no other communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is available and wherein a least costly pendant communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is selected whenever it is available;
b) a messaging proxy device including hardware configured to provide one or more proxy communication modes for transmitting the status message, wherein, if the messaging proxy device provides more than one proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes, the messaging proxy device includes an algorithm for prioritizing the proxy communication modes according to an availability and a cost of transmission with selection of a most costly proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes when no other proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes is available and selection of a least costly proxy communication mode whenever it is available; and
c) a central monitoring station for receiving the status message transmitted from the messaging proxy device.
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Abstract
A network for providing mobile personnel safety status includes a safety pendant including hardware configured to provide pendant communication modes for transmitting a status message. A most costly pendant communication mode is selected when no other communication mode is available and a least costly pendant communication mode is selected whenever it is available. A messaging proxy device has hardware configured to provide one or more proxy communication modes for transmitting the status message. If the messaging proxy device provides more than one proxy communication mode, the messaging proxy device includes an algorithm for prioritizing the proxy communication modes according to availability and cost of transmission with selection of the most costly proxy communication mode when no other proxy communication mode is available and selection of the least costly proxy communication mode whenever it is available. A central monitoring station receives the status message transmitted from the messaging proxy device.
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29 Claims
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1. A network for providing mobile personnel safety status, the network comprising:
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a) a safety pendant including hardware configured to provide a plurality of pendant communication modes for transmitting a status message, wherein a most costly pendant communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is selected when no other communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is available and wherein a least costly pendant communication mode of the plurality of pendant communication modes is selected whenever it is available; b) a messaging proxy device including hardware configured to provide one or more proxy communication modes for transmitting the status message, wherein, if the messaging proxy device provides more than one proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes, the messaging proxy device includes an algorithm for prioritizing the proxy communication modes according to an availability and a cost of transmission with selection of a most costly proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes when no other proxy communication mode of the one or more proxy communication modes is available and selection of a least costly proxy communication mode whenever it is available; and c) a central monitoring station for receiving the status message transmitted from the messaging proxy device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network for monitoring equipment or vehicles, the network comprising:
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a) a messaging proxy device including hardware configured to provide one or more proxy communication modes for transmitting a status message based on data received from the equipment or vehicles, wherein the messaging proxy device includes an algorithm for prioritizing the proxy communication modes according to an availability and a cost of transmission with selection of a most costly proxy communication mode when no other proxy communication mode is available and selection of a least costly proxy communication mode whenever it is available; and b) a central monitoring station for receiving a status message transmitted from the messaging proxy device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A safety pendant for providing mobile personnel status, the safety pendant comprising:
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a) hardware configured to provide a plurality of communication modes; b) a user interface configured to allow an input of a plurality of status states and to display messages transmitted from a central monitoring station; and c) a processor configured to select a pendant communication mode from the plurality of communication modes based on availability and cost wherein a most costly pendant communication mode is selected when no other pendant communication mode is available and wherein a least costly pendant communication mode is selected whenever it is available.
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