Patent ID: 6462654
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: F24F,G06F,G08B,H04M

Abstract:
A method of monitoring remote equipment comprising the steps of:a) attaching an interface unit to at least one piece of remote equipment; b) communicating a message indicative of a state of the interface unit to a computer server as an incoming message; c) enabling a user to remotely configure or modify a user-defined message profile containing outgoing message routing instructions, the user-defined message profile being storable on the computer server; d) determining whether an incoming message has not been received by the computer server from the interface unit indicative of improper operation of the interface unit; and e) if it is determined in step d) that an incoming message has not been received from the interface unit, forwarding at least one outgoing exception message based on the lack of the incoming message to at least one user-defined communication device specifiable in the user-defined message profile, wherein the user can remotely configure or modify the user-defined message profile by remotely accessing the computer server.