公开(公告)号：US5764739A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-09

申请号：US718752

申请日：1996-09-23

申请人： Mark Wayne Patton ,  Douglas Wallace Todd ,  Glenn Albert Davis

发明人： Mark Wayne Patton ,  Douglas Wallace Todd ,  Glenn Albert Davis

IPC分类号： H04M11/00

CPC分类号： H04M11/005 ,  H04M11/002

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing information, such as power consumption, to a subscriber over an electronic network in response to commands provided by the subscriber. The apparatus includes a remote unit which detects and stores the power consumption information, a subscriber device, i.e., a telephone, for generating request commands and a control device which tracks the information. The subscriber using the subscriber device, feeds the request commands via the network to the control device. The control device responds to the commands by directing the remote unit to feed its stored power consumption information onto the network to the control device. The control device then processes the information and indicates the result back to the subscriber.

公开(公告)号：US5784441A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-21

申请号：US148198

申请日：1993-11-03

申请人： Glenn Albert Davis ,  Mark Wayne Patton ,  Douglas Wallace Todd

发明人： Glenn Albert Davis ,  Mark Wayne Patton ,  Douglas Wallace Todd

IPC分类号： H04M11/04 ,  H04M11/00

CPC分类号： H04M11/04

摘要： A method for monitoring a condition, such as the presence of electrical power, at a remote location and for generating a telephone call on to a telephone line that delivers to a central control unit notification of a change in the monitored condition in the form of a set of unique identifying signals. According to the method, the condition is monitored at the remote location and is sensed for changes in the condition from a first state to a second state. Responsive to a change in the condition to the second state, the telephone line is tested and a line availability signal generated. Responsive to indicia of line availability, the line is selectively seized. Signals are generated on to the telephone line representative of a first telephone number to address the first control location, the signals representative the first telephone number correspond to the change in the monitored condition and signals representative of the telephone number assigned to the remote location are generated on to the telephone line by the interexchange carrier network.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在远程位置监视诸如存在电力的状况并用于产生到电话线路的电话呼叫的方法，所述电话线路向中央控制单元递送以监视状态的变化通知以 一套独特的识别信号。 根据该方法，在远程位置监视条件，并且检测状态从第一状态到第二状态的变化。 响应于状态改变到第二状态，电话线被测试并产生线路可用信号。 响应线路可用性的标记，该线被有选择地查获。 信号产生在代表第一电话号码的电话线上以寻址第一控制位置，表示第一电话号码的信号对应于监视条件的变化，并且生成表示分配给远程位置的电话号码的信号 通过互联网运营商网络到电话线。