Patent ID: 6450411
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A business method for maintaining environmental stabilization for a plurality of vehicles, comprising the steps of:determining an ambient value of a relative humidity level present throughout the atmosphere within an interior portion of a storage site used for storing said plurality of vehicles, said ambient value including an average daily value of said relative humidity level and an expected annual range of variation of said relative humidity level; determining a set of design parameters for an environmental stabilization system capable of regulating said relative humidity level, said design parameters based on said ambient value; remotely controlling said environmental stabilization system from at least one remote monitoring station, said remote monitoring station communicating with said environmental stabilization system using an electronic network; regulating said relative-humidity level, using said environmental stabilization system and said remote monitoring station, such that said relative humidity level is maintained within a preferred range throughout the atmosphere within said interiorportion of said storage site; maintaining battery readiness for each said vehicle using a battery preservation power system; collecting maintenance status information for each said vehicle using a radio frequency identification system, said radio frequency identification system including a portal antenna and communicating electronically with a site controller; transmitting an alert indication to said remote monitoring station using said electronic network in response to a change in vehicle maintenance status, said alert indication used to inform service personnel of said change in said vehicle maintenance status; and transmitting vehicle maintenance status to a central processing station.