Systems, Methods, and Devices for Remote Trap Monitoring
AssigneePICA Product Development, LLC
InventorsScott Stapleford, Richard Shevelow, Phillip A. Pare
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Abstract
A trap monitoring apparatus, method and system includes an electronic monitoring device monitoring a trap for predetermined condition(s) based on received sensory input, the electronic monitoring device having a wireless transmitter that sends alert messages to a remote notification service based on receiving alerts from sensors, and further based on values of one or more operational parameters to determine whether to ignore sensed predetermined conditions, or to immediately notify or delay notifying a remote notification service.
Claims21
(canceled)
A device for electronic monitoring of an animal trap, the device comprising:
- a wireless transceiver electrically coupled to an antenna;
- one or more sensors configured to detect one or more conditions of the animal trap and configured to generate one or more sensor output signals in response to the detected one or more conditions;
- a controller electrically coupled to the wireless transceiver and the one or more sensors, the controller configured to receive the one or more sensor output signals and in response to receiving the one or more sensor output signals, the controller is configured to determine whether to (i) ignore the one or more sensor output signals, (ii) immediately generate and transmit an alert message to a notification service via the wireless transceiver, or (iii) delay generating and transmitting the alert message to the notification service, wherein the alert message comprises an identifier associated with the device and alert information indicative of the one or more sensor output signals;
- wherein the controller is configured to ignore the one or more sensor output signals when a pause parameter of the device is enabled, wherein the controller is configured to delay generating and transmitting the alert message when a delay parameter of the device is enabled, and wherein the controller is configured to immediately notify the notification service when the pause parameter and the delay parameter are not enabled.
A method for electronically monitoring an animal trap, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more sensors, one or more conditions of the animal trap and, in response to the detected one or more conditions, providing one or more sensor output signals to a controller electrically coupled to the one or more sensors;
- determining, by the controller, whether to (i) ignore the one or more sensor output signals, (ii) immediately generate and transmit an alert message to a notification service via the wireless transceiver, or (iii) delay generating and transmitting the alert message to the notification service, wherein the alert message comprises an identifier associated with the device and alert information indicative of the one or more sensor output signals;
- wherein the controller ignores the one or more sensor output signals when a pause parameter of the device is enabled, wherein the controller delays generating and transmitting the alert message when a delay parameter of the device is enabled, and wherein the controller immediately notifies the notification service when the pause parameter and the delay parameter are not enabled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.