Patent ID: 7936259

Claim:
An alarm management system for providing a time to manage value enabling a user to respond to an abnormal situation for a device and prevent the device from reaching a trouble point value, the alarm management system comprising: a. a sensor for monitoring an operating condition concerning the device; b. a control system for monitoring an operating parameter using the monitored operating condition from the sensor, wherein the control system comprises a control system processor associated with at least one data storage, and wherein the operating parameter is input into the control system; c. an administrator in communication with the control system, wherein the administrator comprises: (i) a rate of change for the operating parameter input therein; (ii) a consequential parameter for an alarm activation input therein, wherein the consequential parameter is a parameter associated with a consequence caused by the abnormal situation; (iii) the trouble point value associated with the consequential parameter for the abnormal situation input therein, wherein the trouble point value is a detected value of the operating condition associated with the device that exceeds above or falls below a preset limit of the operating parameter, and wherein when the device operates at the trouble point value the abnormal situation would cause the consequence associated with the consequential parameter; and (iv) the time to manage value for the trouble point value input therein, wherein the time to manage value is a time to perform a corrective action to cause the abnormal situation to stop, preventing the device from reaching the trouble point value; and d. computer instructions in the at least one data storage to instruct the control system processor to: (i) provide the alarm activation when the operating condition for the device exceeds or falls below the operating parameter based on an alarm activation value, wherein the alarm activation value is calculated and determined by: 1. multiplying the rate of change for the operating parameter by the time to manage value for the abnormal situation forming a first product; and 2. subtracting or adding the first product from the trouble point value associated with the consequential parameter, wherein the alarm activation is input within the control system; and (ii) notify at least one member of the group consisting of: a notification device in communication with the control system processor for alerting a user with the alarm activation, the administrator, and a client device associated with a user in communication with the control system processor via a first network.