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Method and apparatus for sampling remote data sources

  • US 6,934,708 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/1999
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of sampling, at a central location, data generated by a number of remote data sources, the method comprising:

  • a) causing remote data sources that have locally generated data for transmission to the central station to implement a local response function that generates a local outcome that is independent of the locally generated data;

    b) transmitting selection information from the central location to all the remote data sources, the selection information relating to the generated local outcome; and

    c) causing remote data sources that have a generated local outcome to determine whether the local outcome satisfies a predetermined relationship with the selection information transmitted from the central location; and

    , if it does, transmit the locally generated data to the central location.

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