Patent ID: 8990915
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An appliance for receiving and storing customer data collected from remote monitors and sensors, the appliance comprising: one or more network interfaces, the network interfaces operable to allow the appliance to communicate with a data collection center outside of an internal network of the customer; at least one processor connected to the one or more network interfaces, the processor operable to process the customer data and to control operation of the appliance; a data storage medium connected to the processor, the data storage medium storing the customer data; and an analytical scoring engine application run by the appliance; wherein the customer data is first collected from the remote monitors and sensors by the data collection center and then sent from the data collection center to the appliance, the appliance operable to process the customer data, generate reports based on the data and send instructions to the remote monitors and sensors, and to pull data from and push data to the remote monitors and sensors, and wherein the appliance resides behind the customer's firewall but is separate from the customers network and data center equipment.