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Method and apparatus for collecting data

  • US 8,188,858 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2006
  • Issued: 05/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable data collecting apparatus comprising:

  • a measuring module measuring data and storing the measured data in a storage unit;

    a communication module automatically transmitting the stored data to a wireless data transmitting/receiving station when an amount of the data stored in the storage unit is more than a first reference value; and

    an authentication module performing an authentication procedure through communication with the wireless data transmitting/receiving station, wherein the authentication module transmits to the wireless data transmitting/receiving station an identifier corresponding to the data collecting apparatus and receives an authentication signal therefrom, andthe wireless data transmitting/receiving station determines whether the identifier is recorded in a database by referring to the database and, when the identifier is recorded in the database, generates the authentication signal and transmits the generated authentication signal to the communication module, thereby authorizing the transmission of the stored data from the storage unit to the wireless data transmitting/receiving station,wherein the measuring module, the storage unit, the communication module, and the authentication module, are all included within the portable data collecting apparatus.

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