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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Martin J. Durbin, Oak Forest, IL (US);
Jay S. Simon, Northbrook, IL (US);
One Plus Corp., Northbrook, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for remotely managing a network of waste containers ( ), each of which is associated with a monitoring unit ( ), utilizes a central computer ( ) having a communication link to each monitoring unit ( ). The central computer ( ) provides a dynamically updated display, via a display module ( ) having a full container window (or zone) which shows full containers ( ), an alarm window (or zone) which shows non-full containers ( ) having an alarm condition, and a container status window (or zone) which shows non-full containers not having an alarm condition. The system additionally includes one or more remote monitors ( ) capable of providing user access to the container status information maintained by the central computer ( ).