Wireless cellular communicator system and apparatus

• US 6,144,859 A
• Filed: 06/09/1995
• Issued: 11/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aeris Communications Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aeris Communications Inc.
• Inventors: LaDue, Christoph K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coles, Edward L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Cheukfan
• Application Number:
  US08/488,839
• Time in Patent Office: 1,978 Days
• Field of Search: 379/59, 379/63, 379/62, 379/58, 379/40, 379/45, 379/44, 379/37, 379/39, 445/67.1, 445/67.7, 445/33.1, 445/54.1, 340/825.34, 340/825.36, 340/825.44, 340/825.54, 342/357, 342/457, 342/385, 342/386, 370/110.1, 370/110.4, 370/111, 370/95.1, 370/95.3, 455/419, 455/410, 455/511, 455/404, 455/403, 455/422
• US Class Current: 455/511
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A wireless cellular communicator system and apparatus for telemetry tracking, surveillance, data transmission, identification, and remote monitoring includes a communicator for data encoding and communication which transmits mobile identification numbers and electronic serial numbers through an existing cellular telephone network. The data is manipulated and encrypted to place any meaning upon it depending upon the type of input apparatus which is utilized. The data is then decoded with a decoder and a comparative data base for monitoring, identification, surveillance, and data transmission. A method of communicating data for telemetry tracking, surveillance, data transmission, identification and remote monitoring is also provided, comprising, communicating decimal, binary and hexidecimal data through a communicator, transmitting the decimal, binary and hexidecimal data via cellular modulation utilizing a cellular telephone network, and decoding the data with a decoder situated at a monitoring station where the data is decoded and manipulated for monitoring, identification, surveillance, and data transmission.

Claims

1. A method for communicating messages from a communicator over a cellular telephone network that includes a voice channel, a reverse control channel and a forward control channel wherein the voice channel conveys data and the reverse and forward control channels convey control signals that manage access to and use of the voice channel, the method comprising the steps of:

a) encoding at the communicator a message comprising data related to a specific application to create an encoded message for transmission over the reverse control channel as control signals, including the step of manipulating an autonomous registration reverse control channel message at the communicator to create a manipulated autonomous registration reverse control channel message that includes the message; and

b) transmitting the encoded message from the communicator over the reverse control channel as control signals, bypassing the voice channel.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising an initial step of transmitting the message comprising data related to a specific application from a remote monitoring device to the communicator.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the remote monitoring device comprises a security system, and the step of transmitting the message comprising data related to a specific application from the remote monitoring device to the communicator includes transmitting the message comprising data related to a status of the security system from the security system to the communicator.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the remote monitoring device comprises a tracking system, and the step of transmitting the message comprising data related to a specific application from the remote monitoring device to the communicator includes transmitting the message comprising tracking data from the tracking system to the communicator.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

receiving at a central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the reverse control channel; and

decoding the encoded message to extract the message transmitted by the remote monitoring device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the encoded message comprises transmitting the manipulated autonomous registration reverse control channel message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of decoding the encoded message to extract the message transmitted by the remote monitoring device comprises decoding the manipulated autonomous registration reverse control channel message to extract the message.

8. In a wireless data communications network that includes a paging network, a voice channel for transmitting voice data, a reverse control channel and a forward control channel for transmitting control data that controls access to and use of the voice channel, a method for transmitting messages between a central monitoring station and a remote device coupled to a communicator, comprising the steps of:

a) encoding at the communicator a message comprising data related to a specific application to create an encoded message for transmission over the reverse control channel as control signals, including the step of manipulating an autonomous registration reverse control channel message at the communicator to create a manipulated autonomous registration reverse control channel message that includes the message; and

b) transmitting the encoded message from the communicator over the reverse control channel as control signals, bypassing the voice channel;

c) receiving at a central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the reverse control channel; and

d) decoding the encoded message to extract the message transmitted by the remote monitoring device;

e) encoding at the central monitoring station a return message comprising data related to a specific application to create an encoded return message for transmission over the paging channel to the communicator; and

f) transmitting the encoded return message from the central monitoring station over the paging network to the communicator.

9. the method of claim 8, further comprising the step of transmitting the return message comprising data related to a specific application from an application specific central monitoring system to the central monitoring station.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the return message comprising data related to a specific application from an application specific central monitoring station to the central monitoring station includes the step of transmitting the return message comprising data related to a request for status of a remote security system from a security system central monitoring station to the central monitoring station.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the return message comprising data related to a specific application from an application specific central monitoring station to the central monitoring station includes the step of transmitting the return message comprising data related to a request for a location of a remote object from a tracking system central monitoring station to the central monitoring station.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

a) receiving at the communicator the encoded return message transmitted from the central monitoring system over the paging network;

b) decoding at the communicator the encoded return message to extract the message; and

c) transmitting the return message from the communicator to the remote device.

13. A communicator transmitting messages to a central monitoring station over a cellular telephone network that includes a voice channel and a control channel wherein the voice channel conveys data and the control channel conveys control signals that manage access to and use of the voice channel, and receiving messages from the central monitoring station over a paging network, the communicator comprising:

an interface coupled to a remote data source to receive a message from the remote data source, the message comprising information related to a specific application; and

an encoder circuit coupled to the interface that encodes the message received from the remote data source to create an encoded message for transmission to the central monitoring station over the control channel as control signals;

a transmitter coupled to the encoder circuit that transmits the encoded message to the central monitoring station over the control channel as control signals, bypassing the voice channel;

a receiver that receives an encoded return message from the central monitoring station over the paging network; and

a decoder circuit coupled to the receiver and to the interface circuit that decodes the encoded return message received from the central monitoring station over the paging network.