Patent ID: 6708038
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
A method for enabling a communications system at a first site to permit communications with a second site, wherein the first site has a unique identification number and wherein the communications system has a unique phone number, and wherein operational data collected at the first site is transmitted to the second site said method comprising:(a) retrieving the identification number and the phone number at the first site; (b) transmitting the identification number and the phone number to the second site; (c) at the second site, consulting a data base of identification number/phone number pairs; (d) determining whether the transmitted identification number/phone number pair matches an entry in the data base; (e) permitting communications between the first site and the second site in response to a match; (f) receiving operational data at the second site; (g) determining the phone number associated with the received operational data; and (h) attributing the received operational data to the unique identification number of the first site in response to the identification number/phone number pair match.