REMOTE SENSORS FOR DETECTING ALERT CONDITIONS AND NOTIFYING A CENTRAL STATION
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1. A system, comprising:
- a monitoring device being disposed at a location and communicatively coupled to a communications network, the monitoring device including a sensor module that is configured to;
sense an environmental parameter at the location; and
generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter;
a host facility being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the host facility being configured to maintain information related to the monitoring device, the information including a device identifier of the monitoring device; and
software executing on a handheld computing device that is communicatively coupled to the communications network;
wherein the monitoring device and/or the host facility is configured to apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect when an alert condition exists;
wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the monitoring device and/or the host facility is configured to transmit, via the communications network, alert notification content that corresponds to the alert condition;
wherein the software is configured to cause the handheld computing device to output a visual or audible representation of the alert notification so as to notify a user of the alert condition.
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Abstract
A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a monitoring device being disposed at a location and communicatively coupled to a communications network, the monitoring device including a sensor module that is configured to; sense an environmental parameter at the location; and generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter; a host facility being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the host facility being configured to maintain information related to the monitoring device, the information including a device identifier of the monitoring device; and software executing on a handheld computing device that is communicatively coupled to the communications network; wherein the monitoring device and/or the host facility is configured to apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect when an alert condition exists; wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the monitoring device and/or the host facility is configured to transmit, via the communications network, alert notification content that corresponds to the alert condition; wherein the software is configured to cause the handheld computing device to output a visual or audible representation of the alert notification so as to notify a user of the alert condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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means for monitoring being disposed at a location and configured to; sense an environmental parameter at the location; and generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter; a host facility being remote from, and capable of communication with, the means for monitoring, the host facility being configured to maintain information related to the means for monitoring, the information including an identifier of the means for monitoring; wherein the means for monitoring and/or the host facility is configured to apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect when an alert condition exists; wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the means for monitoring and/or the host facility is configured to output alert notification content that notifies a user of the alert condition. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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