Programmable communicator
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1. A programmable communicator device comprising:
- a wireless communications circuit for communicating through an antenna over a communications network;
an identity module for storing a unique identifier that is unique to the programmable communicator device;
a programmable interface for establishing a communication link with at least one monitored technical device;
a processing module for authenticating an at least one transmission sent from a programming transmitter and received by the programmable communicator device, the at least one transmission including a coded number and at least one telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to an at least one monitoring device, wherein the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining if the at least one transmission contains the coded number, the processing module authenticating the at least one transmission if the transmission includes the coded number;
a memory module for storing the at least one telephone number or IP address from the authenticated transmission as one of one or more permitted callers if the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining that the at least one transmission includes the coded number; and
wherein the at least one transmission from a programming transmitter comprises a Short Message Service (SMS) data message, or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or other packet switched data message.
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Abstract
A programmable communicator device is disclosed having a wireless communications circuit, including an antenna, configured to receive a transmission, and an identity module having a unique identifier. The programmable communicator further includes a processing module including program code configured to determine if the transmission is from an authenticated caller by determining whether a received transmission contains the unique identifier, and memory configured to store telephone numbers or IP addresses received in transmissions from an authenticated caller.
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1. A programmable communicator device comprising:
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a wireless communications circuit for communicating through an antenna over a communications network; an identity module for storing a unique identifier that is unique to the programmable communicator device; a programmable interface for establishing a communication link with at least one monitored technical device; a processing module for authenticating an at least one transmission sent from a programming transmitter and received by the programmable communicator device, the at least one transmission including a coded number and at least one telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to an at least one monitoring device, wherein the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining if the at least one transmission contains the coded number, the processing module authenticating the at least one transmission if the transmission includes the coded number; a memory module for storing the at least one telephone number or IP address from the authenticated transmission as one of one or more permitted callers if the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining that the at least one transmission includes the coded number; and wherein the at least one transmission from a programming transmitter comprises a Short Message Service (SMS) data message, or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or other packet switched data message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A programmable communicator device comprising:
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a wireless communications circuit for communicating through an antenna over a communications network; a programmable interface for establishing a communication link with at least one monitored technical device; a processing module for authenticating an at least one transmission sent from a programming transmitter and received by the programmable communicator device, the at least one transmission including a coded number and at least one telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to an at least one monitoring device, wherein the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining if the at least one transmission contains the coded number, the processing module authenticating the at least one transmission if the transmission includes the coded number; wherein the programmable communicator device uses a memory module for storing the at least one telephone number or IP address from the authenticated transmission as one of one or more permitted callers if the processing module authenticates the at least one transmission by determining that the at least one transmission includes the coded number; wherein the programmable communicator device uses an identity module for storing a unique identifier that is unique to the programmable communicator device; and wherein the at least one transmission from a programming transmitter comprises a Short Message Service (SMS) data message, or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or other packet switched data message. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. A programmable communicator device comprising:
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a wireless communications circuit for communicating through an antenna over a communications network; a programmable interface for establishing a communication link with at least one monitored technical device; an authentication module for authenticating a data message contained in an at least one transmission sent from a programming transmitter and received by the programmable communicator device, the data message including a coded number and a least one telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to an at least one monitoring device, wherein the authentication module authenticates the data message by determining if the data message contains the coded number, the authentication module authenticating the data message if it includes the coded number; a permitted callers programming module for causing a memory module to store the at least one telephone number or IP address from the authenticated data message as one of one or more permitted callers if the authentication module authenticates the data message by determining that it includes the coded number; wherein the programmable communicator device uses an identity module for storing a unique identifier that is unique to the programmable communicator device; and wherein the data message contained in the at least one transmission from a programming transmitter is a Short Message Service (SMS) data message, or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or other packet switched data message. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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151. A programmable communicator device comprising:
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a wireless communications circuit for communicating through an antenna over a communications network; a programmable interface for establishing a communication link with at least one monitored technical device; an authentication module for authenticating a data message contained in an at least one transmission sent from a programming transmitter and received by the programmable communicator device, wherein the authentication module authenticates the data message by determining if the data message contains a coded number, the authentication module authenticating the data message if it includes the coded number; a permitted callers programming module for causing a memory module to store as a permitted callers list at least one telephone number or Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to an at least one monitoring device; wherein the permitted callers programming module allows programming changes initiated by the programming transmitter to be made to the permitted callers list if the authentication module has authenticated the data message by determining that it includes the coded number; wherein the programmable communicator device uses an identity module for storing a unique identifier that is unique to the programmable communicator device; and wherein the data message contained in the at least one transmission from a programming transmitter is a Short Message Service (SMS) data message, or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or other packet switched data message. - View Dependent Claims (152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197)
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