Patent ID: 7594038

Claim:
A method for configuring telemetry devices over a wireless network, the method comprising: transmitting a configuration message over the wireless network to one of the telemetry devices for configuring a programmable input/output (I/O) port of the one telemetry device, wherein the I/O port couples to an object, and the one telemetry device sets parameters relating to the I/O port according to the configuration message; receiving data corresponding to the I/O port of the one telemetry device for managing a plurality of objects corresponding to the telemetry devices, wherein the wireless network is a two-way paging system; receiving a location data request for Assisted-Global Positioning System (A-GPS) data over the wireless network from the one telemetry device; and transmitting the A-GPS data in response to the location data request, wherein the one telemetry device determines location of the object based upon the A-GPS data.