Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6925335
APP PUB NO 20030009313A1
SERIAL NO

09899527

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An apparatus and system are disclosed for the real-time monitoring and control of field assets. The monitoring device, operable to couple to a field asset, may be designed to leverage one or more technologies included in the field asset or as a stand-alone unit and is preferably operable to detect one or more error conditions thereon. The error conditions may be detected either as they occur or during testing intervals. Once an error condition is detected, the monitoring device may initiate one or more corrective sequences to resolve the error condition or, alternatively, the monitoring device may notify a network operations center via a wireless network. Accessing a network operations center from an Internet-enabled remote device, a user may view status information for one or more field assets, issue commands to correct error conditions as well as perform other functions.

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  • CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cortes, Miguel A San Antonio, TX 5 123
May, James Alan Austin, TX 2 79
Needel, William I Austin, TX 2 117

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