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Electronic message delivery system utilizable in the monitoring of remote equipment and method of same

  • US 6,211,782 B1
  • Filed: 11/04/1999
  • Issued: 04/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for monitoring at least one piece of remote equipment, comprising:

  • at least one sensor monitoring at least one parameter of the remote equipment;

    a bi-directional interface unit connected to said sensors and the remote equipment, said interface unit having a message generating mechanism that generates messages based on data received from said sensor;

    a central computer server in communication with said interface unit, said server adapted to receive messages generated by said interface unit and said interface unit adapted to receive command messages from said server; and

    an Internet interface linked to said central computer server and selectively remotely accessible by users via the Internet, wherein when a user enters a command into said Internet interface, said Internet interface transmits said command messages to said central computer server and said central computer server transmits said command messages to said remote equipment, said command messages including at least one of commands to activate, commands to deactivate, and commands to alter the functioning of the remote equipment, and wherein when said sensor detects an exception condition in the remote equipment, said interface unit generates an incoming exception message and forwards said message to said server, and wherein said server forwards at least one outgoing exception message to at least one predetermined user-defined communication device based on said incoming exception message.

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