Patent ID: 8374093

Claim:
A repeater monitor system in a communication system including plural sets each having a single repeater station or a plurality of repeater stations which relay radio signal communication between radio communication devices, and a gateway which manages an operation of the single repeater station or the plurality of repeater stations and relays communication between the repeater station to be managed and an Internet, the repeater monitor system monitoring communication contents of the repeater station and comprising: a monitor terminal; a monitor server; and a plurality of monitor stations, wherein the monitor terminal is configurable to: initiate the monitoring by transmitting via the Internet a monitor request command for requesting monitor data on the communication content of a repeater station designated by an operator to the monitor server, receive via the Internet the monitor data transmitted from the monitor server, and transmit the received monitor data as a radio signal, wherein the monitor server is configurable to: detect a monitor station corresponding to the designated repeater station from a content of the monitor request command received from the monitor terminal, transmit via the Internet a monitor instruction command generated based on the monitor request command to the detected monitor station, receive via the Internet the monitor data transmitted from the monitor station, and transmit via the Internet the received monitor data to the monitor terminal, wherein the monitor station is located in a communication range of the repeater station to receive a radio signal transmitted from the repeater station to the radio communication device or vice versa, and transmit via the Internet the received radio signal as the monitor data to the monitor server in response to the monitor instruction command received via the Internet, and wherein upon reception of monitor request commands designating a same repeater station from a plurality of monitor terminals, the monitor server transmits the monitor instruction command to a corresponding monitor station only once, and upon reception of monitor data corresponding to the monitor instruction command transmitted from the monitor station, the monitor server transmits the received monitor data to the plurality of monitor terminals.