Remote monitoring device

• US 4,937,862 A
• Filed: 10/14/1988
• Issued: 06/26/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Enforcement Support Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Enforcement Support Incorporated
• Inventors: Kosich, Milo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wallace, Linda J.
• Application Number:
  US07/260,728
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 379/34, 379/35, 379/112, 379/130, 379/133, 379/136, 379/140, 380/3, 380/4, 380/42
• US Class Current: 380/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/36 Statistical metering, e.g. recording occasions when traffic exceeds capacity of trunks

Abstract

A miniaturized DNR monitoring device is adapted to communicate over a telephone line, or otherwise, with a remote unit which may also communicate with other monitoring units. The monitoring device includes a computer chip program to select target DNR data from non-target DNR data, a memory for storing a limited amount of data, a DNR output line, means for downloading stored data over its output line to its remote unit on command or upon the occurrence of preselected events, and means for identifying transmissions to and from its remote unit by a handshake routine.

Claims

1. In an apparatus for dialed number recording monitoring device connected to the line at the target for detecting data from the line, the improvement comprising:

(a) storage means in the monitoring device for storing a limited amount of dialed number recording data detected by said monitoring device;

(b) means in the monitoring device including a clock for identifying each item of target dialed number recording data;

(c) microprocessor means in the monitoring device capable of selected target dialed number recording data from non-target dialed number recording data detected;

(d) memory connected to said microprocessor means and containing a program for calling, answering and downloading at least one of data in said storage means, data identifiers and selected target dialed number recording data, through a data transmission line; and

(e) a data transmission line for at least one of calling, answering and downloading stored dialed number recording data to a remote unit.

2. Apparatus of claim 1 including a modem in said dialed number recording data transmission line controlled by said microprocessor means.

3. Apparatus of claim 1 including means for automatically downloading data in said storage means into said dialed number recording transmission line upon recurrence of a predetermined event programmed into said memory.

4. Apparatus of claim 3 in which the predetermined event is the failure of a power supply.

5. Apparatus of claim 3 in which the predetermined event is storing of said limited amount of dialed number recording data.

6. Apparatus of claim 3 including means controlled by said microprocessor for encrypting data stored in said storage means.

7. Apparatus of claim 3 including means for recognizing a handshake signal received over said dialed number recording data transmission line.

8. Apparatus of claim 3 including means for transmitting a handshake signal over said dialed number recording data transmission line prior to downloading.

9. Apparatus of claim 1 including means for downloading data in said storage means into said dialed number recording data transmission line on receipt of an incoming signal on said dialed number recording data transmission line.