REMOTE MONITORING AND TRANSPARENCY REGARDING LIQUID VOLUME
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1. A method for monitoring remote assets, the method comprising:
- sending a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting data from a plurality of sensors at identified remote assets at different locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes at each remote asset;
receiving at least one packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network, the at least one packet including sensor data concerning measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes;
executing instructions stored in a memory of the server system, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor examines each packet of the sensor data to;
identify a sensor associated with the packet,extract data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes, andgenerate a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and
storing the sensor data in memory according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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Abstract
A server system for remote monitoring includes a wireless communication interface, a processor, and a storage device. The wireless communication interface receives at least one data packet over wireless communications from a remote monitoring system. The processor processes the data packet including sensor information from a sensor coupled to the remote monitoring system. The storage device stores the sensor information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring remote assets, the method comprising:
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sending a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting data from a plurality of sensors at identified remote assets at different locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes at each remote asset; receiving at least one packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network, the at least one packet including sensor data concerning measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; executing instructions stored in a memory of the server system, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor examines each packet of the sensor data to; identify a sensor associated with the packet, extract data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes, and generate a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and storing the sensor data in memory according to the identification of the associated sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for monitoring remote assets, the system comprising:
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a communication interface that; sends a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting data from a plurality of sensors at the identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes handled by each remote asset, and receives at least one packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network, the at least one packet including sensor data concerning measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and a processor for executing instructions stored in a memory of the server system, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor examines each packet of the sensor data to; identify a sensor associated with the packet, extract data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes, generate a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and memory for storing sensor data according to the identification of the associated sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. The system of claim 8, wherein the generated display comprises graphical data regarding liquid volumes associated with one of the different locations.
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14-1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring remote assets, the method comprising:
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sending a command over a wireless communication network to a control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting data from a plurality of sensors at the identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes handled by each remote asset; receiving at least one packet sent from the control board over the wireless communications network, the at least one packet including sensor data concerning measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; identifying a sensor associated with the packet; extracting data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes for each identified sensor; generating a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and storing the sensor data in memory according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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17. A method for monitoring a plurality of liquid volumes, the method comprising:
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receiving a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board; executing the command via a processor of the control board, wherein the command instructs the control board to begin collecting liquid volume data from a plurality of sensors at one or more identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes; compiling at least one packet, wherein the at least one packet concerns measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; sending the compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server; identifies a sensor associated with the packet, extracts data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes, generates a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and storing the sensor data in memory according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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18. A system for monitoring a plurality of liquid volumes, the system comprising:
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a communication interface that receives a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board; a sensor interface communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensors at one or more identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a different plurality of liquid volumes, the sensor interface configured to receive sensor data from each sensor concerning measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes at one of the identified remote locations; a processor that executes the received command, wherein execution of the received command; begins collection of data from the plurality of sensors at the one or more identified remote locations, and compiles at least one packet, wherein the at least one packet concerns measurements of a plurality of liquid volumes; wherein the communication interface sends the compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server; identifies a sensor associated with the packet, extracts data indicating measurements of the associated plurality liquid volumes for each identified sensor, and generates a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and memory for storing sensor data according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for monitoring remote assets, the method comprising:
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receiving a command sent from a server over a wireless communication network to a control board; executing the command to begin collecting data from a plurality of sensors at one or more identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a plurality of liquid volumes; compiling at least one packet, wherein the at least one packet concerns measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; sending the compiled packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server; identifies a sensor associated with the packet, extracts data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes for each identified sensor, and generates a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes; and storing the sensor data in memory according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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20. A system for monitoring a plurality of remote liquid volumes, the system comprising:
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a server that; receives an access request from a user regarding measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes at one or more remote locations, and sends a command over a wireless communication network, wherein execution of the command begins collection of liquid volume data; a plurality of sensors at the identified remote locations, each sensor measuring a different plurality of liquid volumes; and a control board associated with the plurality of sensors, wherein the control board; receives the command from the server, executes the command via a processor to begin collecting liquid volume data from the plurality of sensors, compiles the collected data into at least one packet, the at least one packet including sensor data concerning measurements of the plurality of liquid volumes, and sends the at least one packet over the wireless communication network to the server, wherein the server; identifies a sensor associated with the packet, extracts data indicating measurements of an associated plurality of liquid volumes for each identified sensor, and generates a display of a sensor listing, wherein each of the identified sensors is listed with its associated measurements of liquid volumes; and memory for storing sensor data according to the identification of the associated sensor.
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