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Apparatus and method for operating a telephone line telemetry device in a multiple host environment

  • US 5,677,947 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1995
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telemetry device for collecting information at a remote location and transmitting the information over a phone line to one of a plurality of host stations, the telemetry device comprising:

  • at least one meter port for receiving information;

    a memory for storing respective host attributes for each of the plurality of host stations; and

    a processor, coupled to the memory and at least one meter port, for accessing the host attributes in the memory to determine which host station of the plurality of host stations to call over the phone line to report information from the at least one meter port.

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