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Temporary expanding integrated monitoring network

  • US 7,031,778 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2002
  • Issued: 04/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

  • installing a plurality of sensors;

    coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;

    integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;

    interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation; and

    generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation,wherein said plurality of sensors includes a first array of sensors and a second array of sensors which collectively receive inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a first and a second physical stimuli signature of said environment,wherein said interpreting comprises;

    generating a model of a phenomenon;

    storing, as a storage module, said model of a phenomenon;

    applying, as an application module, said model to said integrated data; and

    generating a descriptor of a state of a phenomenon using said storage and said application modules.

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