Patent ID: 8072324
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for remote device status determination based on real-time monitoring data reception, comprising: operating a computer to receive a data signal in real-time from a remote device, wherein the data signal represents a current status value of a monitored condition at the remote device, wherein the monitored condition is characterized by a current state that can be any one of a number of possible states; operating the computer to determine whether the current status value of the monitored condition as indicated by the received data signal satisfies a hysteresis criterion associated with the current state of the monitored condition; if the current status value of the monitored condition satisfies the hysteresis criterion, then operating the computer to determine whether the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for a specified persistence period; if the hysteresis criterion has been continuously satisfied for the specified persistence period, then operating the computer to change the current state of the monitored condition to reflect the current status value of the monitored condition; and conveying the current state of the monitored condition to a responsible entity.