Patent ID: 7346661

Claim:
An Internet based remote control system for remote control of a plurality of devices, the system comprising: a NxtView Internet Protocol Adapter/Converter (hereinafter called an ‘IPAC’) installed in each of the devices, wherein the IPAC includes a CPU for controlling the IPAC, a power supply for supplying power to the CPU, a switch for directly controlling the IPAC, a clock signal generator for generating a clock signal and a calendar signal and transmitting the clock signal and the calendar signal to the CPU, and a port multiplexer having a plurality of serial ports and a plurality of parallel ports for data transmission; a NxtView server (hereinafter called a ‘server’) connected to the IPAC through the Internet, wherein the IPAC includes a modem for communicating with the server, wherein the server classifies data inputted through a data parser and the IPAC into error data and normal data, stores the error data and normal data in different databases, and transmits the normal data to a client homepage; a plurality of clients connected to the server through the Internet, wherein the IPAC includes a storing means for storing the data inputted from the plurality of clients to the IPAC; and a plurality of means for transmitting the status of the plurality of devices, wherein said plurality of devices includes one of a security system, an industrial controller, a tank monitor, a sensor, a factory temperature sensor, and a vending machine sensor.