Patent ID: 6147601
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: F24F,G06F,G08B,H04M

Abstract:
A method of monitoring remote equipment comprising the steps of:a) determining a state of at least one parameter of at least one piece of the remote equipment;b) communicating a message indicative of the state from the piece of remote equipment to a computer server as an incoming message;c) enabling a user to remotely configure or modify a user-defined message profile containing outgoing message routing instructions, the user-defined message profile being storable on the computer server;d) determining whether an incoming message is an incoming exception message indicative of improper operation of the piece of remote equipment;e) if it is determined in step d) that an incoming message is an incoming exception message, forwarding at least one outgoing exception message based on the incoming message to at least one user-defined communication device specifiable in the user-defined message profile,wherein the user can remotely configure or modify the user-defined message profile by remotely accessing the computer server.