Method and apparatus for managing intelligent assets in a distributed environment

US7254601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUESTA CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Eric Henry Baller · Webster, US
• John Canosa · Spencerport, US
• John Maitland Cook, III · Webster, US
• David Patrick Hart · Webster, US
• Christopher James Kuntz · Penfield, US
• John Louis Taylor · Webster, US
• Dimitrios Psarros · Rochester, US
• Rajeev Raman · Cupertino, US
• Thomas Chiarella · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N2201/0015
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described which provides for managing intelligent equipment that is deployed remotely. The capabilities of managing such distributed assets include both infrastructural capabilities to establish and maintain connection through a variety of wired and wireless mechanisms and application modules that provide distributed asset management capabilities.