Patent ID: 8098169
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring a plurality of worksites where labor is performed by workmen, the plurality of worksites being co-located at a facility, said method comprising: transporting to the facility aboard a suitable movable transport a transportable monitoring system package, the transportable monitoring system package including a plurality of worksite monitoring equipment packages to be deployed at the worksites, the transportable monitoring system package including one central monitoring station package, the central monitoring station package including a transport container, the transport container having a set of container sides, the transport container having a waterproof interior defined intermediate the set of container sides, the central monitoring station package including central monitoring station equipment housed in the transport container, the central monitoring station equipment including moisture-sensitive electronic components housed in the waterproof interior, the waterproof interior defining a central monitoring station workspace, the central monitoring station workspace having interior dimensions which are at least sufficient to accommodate therein a monitoring technician to operate the central monitoring station equipment; seating the transport container in a stationary position at a central monitoring location at the facility, the central monitoring location being remote from the worksites, the transport container having an entry portal suitable to permit ingress by the monitoring technician into the central monitoring station workspace from an external environment, the external environment being outside the transport container at the central monitoring location; stationing at each worksite at least one of the worksite monitoring equipment packages, each of the worksite monitoring equipment packages including at least one remote monitoring sensor, the at least one remote monitoring sensor being operable to collect remote monitoring information at the respective worksite; connecting communication links between each remote monitoring sensor and the central monitoring station equipment, each communication link being suitable to transmit remote transmissions from a respective remote monitoring sensor to the central monitoring station equipment, the remote transmissions conveying the remote monitoring information; transmitting the remote transmissions over the communication links from the respective remote monitoring sensors to the central monitoring station equipment in a manner suitable to provide the remote monitoring information on a near real-time basis to the central monitoring station equipment; displaying by operation of the central monitoring station equipment the remote monitoring information received in the remote transmissions to inform the monitoring technician of same; and responding when the monitoring technician identifies that the remote monitoring information meets a response threshold criteria by notifying responsible personnel to take corrective action relating to a worksite, the worksite corresponding to certain of the remote monitoring information meeting the response threshold criteria.