Patent ID: 7656288

Claim:
A system for improved data communications within a remote sensor system, the system including: a control center node, wherein the control center node is configured to receive select detected event data and store the select detected event data in at least one database, the select detected event data received from at least one of a sensor node and a gateway node based at least in part on at least one of a sensor transmission rule and a gateway transmission rule, wherein the control center node is configured to process the stored select detected event data at predetermined time intervals based at least in part on at least one rule, the at least one rule including a pattern recognition template comprising a plurality of pattern elements, and wherein the control center node is configured to notify a user when the at least one rule is satisfied, the at least one rule being satisfied based at least in part on a comparison of the pattern recognition template to the select detected event data stored in the at least one database, wherein each of the plurality of pattern elements match at least a portion of the stored select detected event data.