Patent ID: 8799324

Claim:
A method for prioritizing transmission of messages from a telemetry device, the method comprising: storing a first information element in a device log in the telemetry device; determining whether the first information element includes a first priority level indication; storing the first information element in a first data structure in the telemetry device when it is determined that the first information element includes the first priority level indication; storing a second information element in the device log; determining whether the second information element includes a second priority level indication; storing the second information element in a second data structure in the telemetry device when it is determined that the second information element includes the second priority level indication; transmitting a first message based on the first information element from the telemetry device for receipt by an operation unit; and after transmitting the first message, transmitting a second message based on the second information element from the telemetry device for receipt by the operation unit, wherein an ordering of transmission is based on the first and second level priority indications, wherein the first information element and the second information elements are elements in separate queues within the telemetry device, and when the queues are full, no new information is permitted to be added to the full queues; and wherein the first information element is a device status change notification stored in a high priority queue, and the second information element is a response message stored in a medium priority queue.