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Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies

  • US 7,139,616 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2005
  • Issued: 11/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A field asset operable as a vending machine, comprising:

  • an embedded monitoring device within the field asset, the monitoring device having at least one processor, memory operably coupled to the at least one processor, and a wireless network interface;

    a diagnostic module operably coupled to the monitoring device;

    the diagnostic module operable to monitor at least one characteristic of the field asset for an error condition;

    the monitoring device operable to determine if the error condition is manageable at the field asset; and

    the wireless network interface operable to receive commands from a network operations center transmitted via the wireless network, said commands operable to correct at least one error condition at the field asset.

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