Remote sensors for detecting alert conditions and notifying a central station
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1. A system, comprising:
- a monitoring device being disposed at a location and communicatively coupled to a communications network, the monitoring device including;
a sensor module that is configured to;
sense an environmental parameter at the location;
generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter;
apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect when an alert condition exists;
wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the monitoring device is configured to transmit, via the communications network, alert notification content that corresponds to the alert condition;
a host facility being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the host facility being configured to;
maintain information related to the monitoring device, the information including;
a device identifier of the monitoring device;
alert notification instructions;
obtain the alert notification content transmitted from the monitoring device via the communications network; and
transmit, via the communications network, an alert notification that corresponds to the alert notification content;
wherein the alert notification is transmitted according to the alert notification instructions;
software executing on a handheld computing device that is communicatively coupled to the communications network, the software being configured to cause the handheld computing device to;
obtain, via the communications network, the alert notification that was transmitted from the host facility; and
output a visual or audible representation of the alert notification so as to notify a user of the alert condition detected by the monitoring device at the location.
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Abstract
A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a monitoring device being disposed at a location and communicatively coupled to a communications network, the monitoring device including; a sensor module that is configured to; sense an environmental parameter at the location; generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter; apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect when an alert condition exists; wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the monitoring device is configured to transmit, via the communications network, alert notification content that corresponds to the alert condition; a host facility being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the host facility being configured to; maintain information related to the monitoring device, the information including; a device identifier of the monitoring device; alert notification instructions; obtain the alert notification content transmitted from the monitoring device via the communications network; and transmit, via the communications network, an alert notification that corresponds to the alert notification content; wherein the alert notification is transmitted according to the alert notification instructions; software executing on a handheld computing device that is communicatively coupled to the communications network, the software being configured to cause the handheld computing device to; obtain, via the communications network, the alert notification that was transmitted from the host facility; and output a visual or audible representation of the alert notification so as to notify a user of the alert condition detected by the monitoring device at the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a monitoring device being disposed at a location and communicatively coupled to a communications network, the monitoring device including; a sensor module that is configured to; sense an environmental parameter at the location; generate sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter; wherein the monitoring device is configured to transmit, via the communications network, the sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter; a host facility being communicatively coupled to the communications network, the host facility being configured to; maintain information related to the monitoring device, the information including; a device identifier of the monitoring device; alert notification instructions; obtain the sensor data that characterizes the environmental parameter at the location and that was transmitted from the monitoring device via the communications network; apply an algorithm to the sensor data to detect whether an alert condition exists; wherein, upon detection of the alert condition, the host facility is configured to generate and transmit, via the communications network and according to the alert notification instructions, an alert notification that corresponds to the alert condition; software executing on a handheld computing device that is communicatively coupled to the communications network, the software being configured to cause the handheld computing device to; obtain, via the communications network, the alert notification that was transmitted from the host facility; and output a visual or audible representation of the alert notification so as to notify a user of the alert condition detected by the monitoring device at the location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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