Patent ID: 8230005
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An Internet based information system for collecting, transferring and managing data from remote physical client locations comprising: a plurality of measurement devices located at a first physical location for taking measurement readings and associating the measurement readings to data fields selected by users at the first physical location, and for temporarily storing and transmitting measurement reading data associated with the data fields, each of the plurality of measurement devices being reconfigurable by receiving and initializing user defined data packets that set and control the data fields available to users at the first physical location for which the measurement readings are associated, whereby the operation and function of each of the plurality of measurement devices can be selectively re-tasked; a web server located at a second physical location remotely located from the first physical location hosting a database for storing and managing measurement readings and the data packets for each of the plurality of measurement devices and also for hosting a user interface for accessing the database and for creating and modifying the data packets for each of the plurality of measurement devices; and a com/data link located at the first physical location for providing bi-directional communication between the web server and each of the plurality of measurement devices to transfer the measurement readings and the data packets between the plurality of measurement devices and the web server so that the measurement readings and the data packets for each of the plurality of the measurement devices are only temporarily stored on each of the plurality of measurement devices at the first physical location but permanently stored on the web server at the second physical location.