Remote location monitoring
AssigneeLa Crosse Technology Ltd.
InventorsRolf Haupt, Allan McCormick
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Abstract
A remote location monitoring system, for example, a home monitoring or weather monitoring system may include one or more sensors and/or receivers at a remote location such as a residence or business to be monitored. The sensors and receivers may communicate with a central server via a gateway device, and may be controlled by users locally or remotely via the server. Users may register to receive remote notifications of weather events and other home monitoring events. Users may also access remotely sensors and receivers to configure alerts, notifications, and automatic responses for the devices and integrated appliances at the remote location.
Claims20
A server, comprising:
- a processor controlling at least some operations of the server;
- and
- memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to:
- receive detection data via a computer network, the received detection data corresponding to a detection reading from a detector device at a remote location;
- identify at least one of a detector type or a data type associated with the received detection data;
- retrieve one or more detection parameters associated with the identified detector type or data type and associated with the remote location;
- compare the detection data to the retrieved detection parameters;
- determine, based on the comparison, whether or not one or more registered users associated with the remote location should be notified;
- in response to determining that one or more registered users associated with the remote location should be notified, identify one or more notification addresses of one or more registered users associated with the remote location;
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- transmit a notification to each of the one or more notification addresses, said notifications indicating the detection reading from the detector device at the remote location.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a detection data processing device, detection data from a detector device at a remote location;
- identifying, by the detection data processing device, at least one of a detector type or a data type associated with the received detection data;
- retrieving, by the detection data processing device, one or more detection parameters associated with the identified detector type or data type and associated with the remote location;
- comparing, by the detection data processing device, the detection data to the retrieved detection parameters;
- determining by the detection data processing device, whether or not one or more registered users associated with the remote location should be notified based on the comparison;
- in response to determining that one or more registered users associated with the remote location should be notified, identifying by the detection data processing device one or more notification addresses of one or more registered users associated with the remote location;
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- transmitting, by the detection data processing device, a notification to each of the one or more notification addresses, said notifications including the detection data received from the detector device at the remote location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.