Apparatus for Mediation between Measurement, Biometric, and Monitoring Devices and a Server

Abstract

The present invention is a mediation apparatus between a server on a communication network and measurement, biometric, and monitoring devices, which, on their own, may or may not be capable to originate connections. Additionally, the mediation apparatus of the present invention can serve as an intermediate buffer for the data acquired from devices and as a source of control or processing data for devices. The present invention may be implemented either as a standalone device or built-in to a measurement device. Measurement devices may be of almost any type: biometric access control devices, security monitoring devices, physical access monitoring devices, various measurement devices, etc. The main function of mediation apparatus is a connection of measurement devices to the server through a communications network. In this arrangement the central server doesn't need to connect to devices directly. Instead, it periodically tries to connect to the server or constantly polls the server.

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