Processing and presenting information received from a plurality of remote sensors

A processing system, comprising:

• a plurality of sensors located at a first remote location and configured to monitor one or more parameters representative of the condition of a respective environment and to transmit signals representative of the one or more monitored parameters;
• at least one collector located at a second remote location and configured to extract environmental status information from signals received from one or more of the plurality of sensors;
• and
• a processor configured to qualify the extracted environmental status information based at least in part upon meta information to distinguish authorized from unauthorized interactions with the monitored environment.

A processing method, comprising:

• monitoring one or more parameters indicative of the condition of a plurality of environments, with a respective plurality of sensors located at a first remote location;
• wirelessly transmitting signals representative of the one or more monitored parameters;
• receiving the transmitted signals at a second remote location;
• extracting environmental status information from the received signals at the second remote location;
• and
• qualifying the extracted environmental status information based at least in part upon meta information received from a user to distinguish authorized from unauthorized interactions with the plurality of environments.

A processing method, comprising:

• receiving environmental status information at a second remote location from a plurality of sensor signals transmitted from a plurality of sensors located at a first remote location and indicative of the condition of a plurality of physically distributed environments;
• receiving meta information relating to the activities of one or more entities authorized to interact with the plurality of physically distributed environments;
• correlating the environmental status information with the meta information to distinguish authorized from unauthorized interactions with the plurality of physically distributed environments;
• and
• generating a report of the status of the plurality of physically of physically distributed environments based at least in part upon the results of the correlation.

A parking meter security system, comprising:

• a plurality of parking meters distributed along one or more routes;
• a plurality of remote sensors respectively attached to the plurality of parking meters and configured to monitor one or more parameters representative of the condition of the parking meters and to transmit signals representative of the one or more monitored parameters;
• one or more collectors distributed along the one or more parking meter routes, wherein each collector is configured to extract environmental status information from the signals received from the remote sensors attached to the parking meters along the one or more routes;
• and
• a gateway device comprising a processor configured to qualify the extracted environmental status information based at least in part upon meta information to distinguish authorized from unauthorized interactions with the parking meters distributed along the one or more routes.

A processing method, comprising:

• monitoring one or more parameters indicative of the condition of a plurality of parking meters distributed along one or more routes with a plurality of sensors respectively attached to the meters;
• wirelessly transmitting signals representative of the one or more monitored parameters to one or more collectors respectively distributed along the one or more parking meter routes;
• receiving the transmitted signals;
• extracting environmental status information from the received signals;
• and
• qualifying the extracted environmental status information based at least in part upon meta information to distinguish authorized from unauthorized interactions with the parking meters distributed along the one or more routes.