Remote monitoring system with cellular gateway
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:
- configuring a first sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the first sensing device with a first contact address of a first personal communications device,and wherein the configuration further specifies upper and lower values of a range for a sensed ambient condition,wherein the first sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal that indicates a change in the sensed ambient condition, according to the setup instructions;
andtransmitting an alert message, in response to the transmitted sensor signal, to the first contact address of the first personal communications device that is associated with the first sensing device.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer, configures at least one sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one sensing device with a personal communications device wherein the at least one sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the personal communications device, a sensor signal that is indicative of the at least one ambient condition according to the setup instructions. In response to the transmitted sensor signal, information about the at least one ambient condition displays on the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one sensing device.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:
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configuring a first sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the first sensing device with a first contact address of a first personal communications device, and wherein the configuration further specifies upper and lower values of a range for a sensed ambient condition, wherein the first sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal that indicates a change in the sensed ambient condition, according to the setup instructions; and transmitting an alert message, in response to the transmitted sensor signal, to the first contact address of the first personal communications device that is associated with the first sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:
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configuring at least one sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one sensing device with a first contact address of a first personal communications device, wherein the at least one sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the first personal communications device, a sensor signal that indicates that the at least one ambient condition is outside a threshold value range that is configured in the setup instructions; and displaying, in response to the transmitted sensor signal, a warning message about the at least one ambient condition on the first personal communications device that is associated with the at least one sensing device and on a display that connects to the host processor at the first site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for monitoring at least one ambient condition at a remote site, the method executed at least in part by a computer and comprising:
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configuring at least one primary sensing device at the remote site according to one or more setup instructions transmitted wirelessly from a host processor at a first site, wherein the configuration associates the at least one primary sensing device with a contact address of a personal communications device, wherein the at least one primary sensing device is energizable to wirelessly transmit, to the personal communications device, a primary sensor signal that indicates a change in the at least one ambient condition that is configured in the setup instructions; configuring at least one auxiliary sensing device at the remote site for monitoring one or more additional ambient conditions, wherein the configuration associates the at least one auxiliary sensing device with the at least one primary sensing device and wherein at least one auxiliary sensing device is energizable to transmit an auxiliary sensor signal to the at least one primary sensing device for transmission of a third sensor signal from the at least one primary sensing device that indicates a change in the one or more additional ambient conditions monitored by the auxiliary sensing device; and displaying, on a first display of the personal communications device that is associated with the at least one primary sensing device and on a second display that is associated with the host processor, in response to the transmitted third sensor signal, information about the one or more additional ambient conditions monitored by the at least one auxiliary sensing device.
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