Method and system for monitoring computer networks and equipment
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
- a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability;
one or more sensors to detect one or more physical parameters and generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters;
an analog-to-digital converter for converting one or more of the sensor signals to a digital format and to provide one or more corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor;
an alarm processing program configured to cause the microprocessor to;
determine that an alarm signal has not occurred within a first preset time interval;
compare, responsive to determining that the alarm signal has not occurred within the first preset time interval, the digital signals to one or more corresponding threshold values according to a second preset time interval; and
generate the alarm signal when any of the digital signals exceeds a corresponding threshold value of the one or more corresponding threshold values;
at least one input/output port for communicating with the network;
one or more memory modules for storing system data;
a network based interface configured to control an external load in response to the alarm signal; and
a power source to power the system.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring a space and its contents over a network. The system can include an embedded Java microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability, and sensors to detect physical parameters associated with the space. The sensors can generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters. An analog-to-digital converter can convert the sensor signals to a digital format and can provide corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor. The system further includes instructions for processing the sensor signals and corresponding digital signals. An alarm signal can be generated when any of the physical parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold value. The system of the present invention can have at least one input/output port for communicating with the network and one or more memory modules for storing system data. The system of this invention can have a network-based interface for providing programming instructions to the microprocessor and for receiving monitoring status and alarm information from the system. The interface can be an HTML interface. A power source provides power to the system.
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8 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a space and its contents over a network, comprising:
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a microprocessor to provide processing and network connectivity capability; one or more sensors to detect one or more physical parameters and generate one or more sensor signals representative of the detected physical parameters; an analog-to-digital converter for converting one or more of the sensor signals to a digital format and to provide one or more corresponding digital signals to the microprocessor; an alarm processing program configured to cause the microprocessor to; determine that an alarm signal has not occurred within a first preset time interval; compare, responsive to determining that the alarm signal has not occurred within the first preset time interval, the digital signals to one or more corresponding threshold values according to a second preset time interval; and generate the alarm signal when any of the digital signals exceeds a corresponding threshold value of the one or more corresponding threshold values; at least one input/output port for communicating with the network; one or more memory modules for storing system data; a network based interface configured to control an external load in response to the alarm signal; and a power source to power the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for monitoring a space using a solid-state device including at least one sensor, an analog-to-digital converter, a network interface and a microprocessor, the at least one sensor, the analog-to-digital converter and the network interface being coupled to the microprocessor, the method comprising:
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detecting, using the at least sensor, at least one physical parameter of the space; generating, using the at least one sensor, at least one sensor signal representative of the at least one physical parameter; converting, using the analog-to-digital converter, the at least one sensor signal to at least one digital signal; determining, using the microprocessor, that at least one alarm signal has not occurred within a first preset time interval; comparing, using the microprocessor and responsive to determining that the at least one alarm signal has not occurred within the first preset time interval, the at least one digital signal to at least one corresponding threshold value according to a second preset time interval; generating, using the microprocessor, the at least one alarm signal when the at least one digital signal exceeds the at least one corresponding threshold value; and controlling, by the microprocessor using the network interface, an external load in response to the at least one alarm signal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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