Patent ID: 7822387

Claim:
A wireless communications system which includes an integrated monitoring circuit, the wireless communication system comprising: (a) a setup circuit for configuring and enabling a monitor mode for a wireless communications transmitter; (b) a detection routine executing on an Internet based server for detecting sensory data signals transmitted by said wireless communications transmitter and originating from a monitored area when said monitor mode is enabled; (c) a set of selectable monitor mode control options, which options include a user selectable threshold required for an alert to be triggered; wherein said monitor mode includes an option for controlling the detection circuit to enable said monitor mode only during a specified period, which begins at a first time and lasts for a first time duration; further wherein monitor mode control options permit a user to receive alerts over a low bandwidth text-based communications network; (d) an alert generator circuit for generating an alert when said sensory data exceeds said user selectable threshold and when said monitor mode is enabled.