Patent ID: 8957783
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. In a surveillance system including a plurality of remote sensor apparatus that each is configured for collecting data and a portable receiver for receiving data collected by one or more of the plurality of remote sensor apparatus, wherein the portable receiver includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader and is capable of running an application program for processing the received data and displaying the processed data on a display screen of the portable receiver and wherein the remote sensor apparatus has a housing for containing a processing unit, a plurality of sensors coupled to the processor, an RFID unit and a wireless transceiver, a method for registering one or more of the plurality of remote sensor apparatus with the portable receiver, the method comprising: reading, at the portable receiver, radio-frequency identification (RFID) stored in the RFID unit of one or more of the plurality of remote sensor apparatus using the RFID reader; registering, at the portable receiver, the one or more of the plurality of remote sensor apparatus using the received RFID; receiving, at the portable receiver, first data from a first active remote sensor apparatus, wherein the received first data includes first sensor data collected from at least one of a first plurality of sensors installed in the first active remote sensor and RFID of the first active remote sensor apparatus; and processing, at the portable receiver, the first sensor data received from the first active remote sensor apparatus, if the RFID of the first active remote sensor apparatus matches the RFID of any of the one or more of the plurality of remote sensor apparatus.