US 2003/0164877 A1 · Remote monitoring method and monitor control server

Abstract

A remote monitoring system which enables the owner and the custodian of a facility to recognize an intrusion from the outside and the owner himself to confirm the details of the intrusion, and which comprises a monitor device (11) for detecting abnormalities of facility and photographing them, and a control server (24) for receiving information from the monitor device (11) to transmit it to mobile terminals (28). The control server 24 (24) comprises an image DB (48) for storing received images in conjunction with the monitor device, a customer/facility specifying unit (44) in the monitor device for specifying mobile terminals carried by customers, and a message preparing unit for preparing messages to be notified to mobile terminals, thereby transmitting messages and contents to mobile terminal (28).

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Dependent claims

A remote monitoring method constructed to receive information from a monitor device disposed at a predetermined position in a facility and transmit predetermined data to an associated mobile terminal on the basis of the information from the monitor device, characterized by comprising:

a step of receiving an image taken by the monitor device in response to abnormality detection made by the monitor device;
a step of storing the received image in conjunction with the monitor device;
a step of forming as contents at least a predetermined portion of the received image;
a step of specifying a mobile terminal carried by a customer of the monitor device;
a step of preparing a message to be notified to the mobile terminal;
and
a step of transmitting to the mobile terminal the message to be notified and, as occasion demands, the contents.

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A monitor control server constructed to receive information from a monitor device disposed at a predetermined position in a facility and transmit predetermined data to an associated mobile terminal on the basis of the information from the monitor device, characterized by comprising:

communication control means for receiving an image taken by the monitor device in response to abnormality detection made by the monitor device and controlling required data exchange with the mobile terminal;
an image database for storing the received image in conjunction with the monitor device;
image forming means for forming as contents at least a predetermined portion of the received image;
customer specifying means for specifying a mobile terminal carried by a customer of the monitor device;
and
message preparing means for preparing a message to be notified to the mobile terminal, the communication control means being constructed to transmit to the mobile terminal the message to be notified and, as occasion demands, the contents.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Remote monitoring method and monitor control server

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