Wireless system for monitoring and reacting to events at a remote location

• US 7,391,298 B1
• Filed: 05/09/2007
• Issued: 06/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gewa, LLC
• Original Assignee: Gewa, LLC
• Inventors: Rino, George Jeffrey, Wix, James Dale, Hayes, Floyd Wayne, Campbell, Charles Alexander, Rino, Joseph John
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood; Jennifer
• Application Number:
  US11/746,542
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 340541-567, 340/286.02, 700/2, 700/3, 726/3, 726/11, 726/15
• US Class Current: 340/286.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

A system for detecting, monitoring, and reacting to an event comprising: on premises surveillance equipment, an on premises wireless server, a cellular virtual private network in communication with the on premises wireless server, a router remote from the on premises surveillance equipment in communication with the cellular virtual private network and with a second network for directing data to at least one networked server, at least one client device, and computer instructions for enabling the at least one client device to connect to the at least one networked server.

Claims

1. A system for detecting, monitoring, and reacting to an event, comprising:

on premises surveillance equipment;

an on premises wireless server having a first router in communication with the on premises surveillance equipment for receiving a first surveillance data from the on premises surveillance equipment and transmitting the first surveillance data;

an authenticating virtual private network in communication with the on premises wireless server;

a second router with a firewall remote from the on premises surveillance equipment in communication with the authenticating virtual private network and with a second network adapted for receiving the first surveillance data from the on premises wireless server, directing the first surveillance data to at least one networked server with an IP address and data storage, and transmitting a second surveillance data to the on premises wireless server;

at least one client device in communication with the second network for accessing the at least one networked server and obtaining the first surveillance data from the at least one networked server, and

computer instructions resident in the data storage of the at least one networked server for enabling the at least one client device to connect to the at least one networked server for detecting and monitoring in real time events at a remote location using a wireless network.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising computer instructions resident in data storage of the at least one networked server for enabling the at least one client device to select at least one sound bite stored in the data storage of the at least one networked server, and transmit the sound bite to the on premises surveillance equipment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the on premises surveillance equipment comprises at least one camera, at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one light, at least one water cannon, at least one fire hose, or combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least one camera is a color camera, a web camera, an infra red camera, a tilt, pan, and zoom camera, a black and white camera, an explosion proof camera, an underwater camera, or combinations thereof.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the on premises surveillance equipment comprises from two cameras to twelve cameras.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first surveillance data comprises a streaming analog signal, a streaming digital signal, a sequence of discrete photos, or combinations thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is encrypted.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wireless network between the authenticating virtual private network and the second network.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein at least two client devices can connect to the at least one networked server through at least two gateway protocols simultaneously.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of on premises surveillance equipment is in communication with the on premises wireless server.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the on premises wireless server is integral with a camera.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one administrator can remotely access the on premises surveillance equipment.

13. A system for detecting, monitoring, and reacting to an event, comprising:

on premises surveillance equipment;

an on premises cellular wireless server having a first router in communication with the on premises surveillance equipment for receiving a first surveillance data from the on premises surveillance equipment and transmitting the first surveillance data;

a cellular public network in communication with the on premises wireless server;

a second router with a firewall remote from the on premises surveillance equipment in communication with the cellular public network and with a second network adapted for receiving the first surveillance data from the on premises wireless server, directing the first surveillance data to at least one networked server with an IP address and data storage, and transmitting a second surveillance data to the on premises cellular wireless server;

at least one client device in communication with the second network for accessing the at least one networked server and obtaining the first surveillance data from the at least one networked server, and

computer instructions resident in the data storage of the at least one networked server for enabling the at least one client device to connect to the at least one networked server, select at least one sound bite stored in the data storage of the at least one networked server, and transmit the at least one sound bite to the on premises surveillance equipment for reacting to a viewed event within a few seconds.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the on premises surveillance equipment comprises at least one camera, at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one light at least one water cannon, at least one fire hose, or combinations thereof.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one camera is a color camera, a web camera, an infra red camera, a tilt, pan, and zoom camera, a black and white camera, an explosion proof camera, an underwater camera, or combinations thereof.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the on premises surveillance equipment comprises from two cameras to twelve cameras.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the first surveillance data comprises a streaming analog signal, a streaming digital signal, a sequence of discrete photos, or combinations thereof.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is encrypted.

19. The system of claim 13, further comprising a wireless network between the cellular virtual private network and the second network.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein at least two client devices can connect to the at least one networked server through at least two gateway protocols simultaneously.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein a plurality of on premises surveillance equipment is in communication with the on premises cellular wireless server.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the on premises cellular wireless server is integral with a camera.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one administrator can remotely access the on premises surveillance equipment.

24. A system for detecting, monitoring, and reacting to an event on a ship, comprising:

on ship surveillance equipment;

an on ship wireless server having a first router in communication with the on ship surveillance equipment for receiving a first ship data and transmitting the first ship data;

a satellite network in communication with the on ship wireless server;

a second router with a firewall remote from the on ship surveillance equipment in communication with the satellite network and with a second network adapted for receiving the first ship data from the on ship wireless server, directing the first ship data to at least one networked server with an IP address and data storage, and transmitting a second ship data to the on ship wireless server;

at least one client device in communication with the second network for accessing the at least one networked server and obtaining the first ship data from the at least one networked server, and

computer instructions resident in the data storage of the at least one networked server for enabling the at least one client device to connect to the at least one networked server.

25. The system of claim 24 further comprising computer instructions resident in data storage of the at least one networked server for enabling the at least one client device to select at least one sound bite stored in the data storage of the at least one networked server, and transmit the sound bite to the on ship surveillance equipment.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the on ship surveillance equipment comprises at least one camera, at least one microphone, at least one speaker, at least one light, at least one water cannon, at least one fire hose, or combinations thereof.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the at least one camera is a color camera, a web camera, an infra red camera, a tilt, pan, and zoom camera, a black and white camera, an explosion proof camera, an underwater camera, or combinations thereof.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the on ship surveillance equipment comprises from two cameras to twelve cameras.

29. The system of claim 24, the first ship data comprises a streaming analog signal, a streaming digital signal, a sequence of discrete photos, or combinations thereof.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the system is encrypted.

31. The system of claim 24, further comprising a wireless network between the satellite network and the second network.

32. The system of claim 24, wherein at least two client devices can connect to the at least one networked server through at least two gateway protocols simultaneously.

33. The system of claim 24, wherein a plurality of on ship surveillance equipment is in communication with the on ship wireless server.

34. The system of claim 26, wherein the on ship wireless server is integral with a camera.

35. The system of claim 24, wherein at least one administrator can remotely access the on ship surveillance equipment.