System, computer product and method for event monitoring with data centre

• US 7,594,004 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2002
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kontrol Energy Group Inc. (Kontrol Technologies Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Incerno Limited
• Inventors: Elbaz, Victoria, Russell, Jon, Silverthorne, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US10/215,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20040030762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,601 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-204, 709223-226, 702/1, 702/183, 702/127, 702/189, 700 28- 30, 705 26- 28, 705/100, 345/716, 797 6- 10
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A system, computer product and method for monitoring and disseminating data form a plurality of electronic devices via the Internet is provided. The plurality of electronic devices, or further electronic devices connected to the plurality of electronic devices, generate signal data. A computer product of the present invention is loaded on the electronic devices such that the signal data is collected via the Internet at a remote web server. The web server stores this data in a database such that a client can monitor its signal data by means of the web server, via the Internet. The present invention also permits the client to disseminate the signal data, including signal data meeting alarm parameters, based on business rules established by the client. A method for deploying the system of the present invention across a plurality of electronic devices, including electronic devices across a plurality of locations is also provided.

Claims

1. A system for collecting and monitoring signal data across one or more electronic devices via the Internet comprising:

(a) a web server connected to the Internet, the web server including a processor and a memory operatively connected to the processor;

(b) a web application loaded on the web server;

(c) a database; and

(d) a database management utility linked to the database, and responsive to the web application;

(e) whereby the web application;

(i) collects signal data from the one or more electronic devices and stores the signal data to the database;

(ii) provides monitoring for the signal data;

(iii) is responsive to requests from one or more network connected devices in an authorized transmission to generate a series of web pages that display the signal data to the one or more network connected devices without having to connect directly to each said electronic devices;

whereby said web application further includes a communication facility responsive to input provided by a client of the web server for automatically disseminating signal data to the one or more network connected devices;

whereby the web application is responsive to input defining business rules of a client of the system for disseminating the signal data; and

wherein the business rules include threshold parameters for escalating signal data to alarm data, and rules for disseminating the alarm data, including based on escalation thereof.

2. A method of collecting and monitoring signal data across one or more electronic devices via the Internet comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a web server connected to the Internet, the web server including a processor and a memory operatively connected to the processor, the web server further including a web application loaded on the web server, a database and a database management utility linked to the database, and responsive to the web application;

(b) deploying one or more electronic devices at one or more locations, whereby the one or more electronic devices, or other devices connected thereto, generate signal data;

(c) loading a communication facility linked to the one or more electronic devices for communicating the signal data to the web server;

(d) collecting the signal data from the one or more electronic devices known to the web application at the web server by means of the communication facility;

(e) storing the signal data to the database; and

providing monitoring of the signal data by means of the database management utility whereby the web application is responsive to requests from one or more network devices in an authorized transmission to generate a series of web pages that display the signal data from the one or more electronic devices to the one or more network connected devices;

(g) providing as an input to the web application computer instructions defining business rules for disseminating signal data to one or more network connected device; and

(h) disseminating the signal data based on the business rules by operation of the web application.