Patent ID: 8831674
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G01K,G01N,G08B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a housing; an interface affixed to the housing and configured for coupling to a cellular wireless network, the interface including at least one of a 1-port cellular modem, a 4-port cellular modem, and an 8-port cellular modem; a processor affixed to the housing and coupled to the interface; and a memory affixed to the housing and coupled to the processor and wherein the memory is configured to store a set of instructions, and wherein the processor is configured to receive a first trigger message corresponding to a first trigger event from a trigger device coupled to the processor and, in response to receiving the first trigger message, for causing the processor to broadcast a second message using a communication network coupled to the processor and the set of instructions for causing the processor to receive a first message using the interface, the first message having a first message protocol and, in response to receiving the first message, for causing the processor to broadcast a second message using the communication network and wherein the second message having has addressing information determined by the first message and wherein the second message includes message information determined by the first message and wherein the message information is configured to control an external device and control an executable algorithm of at least one of the external device and the processor, the second message having a second message protocol different than the first message protocol, and wherein the external device comprises an alert device and wherein the trigger device comprises a sensor device.