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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Marvin R. Hamrick, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Jerome R. Timko, Lilburn, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for transmitting equipment installation data between an equipment installer and an operations center server. An installer of equipment, such as a monitoring device attached to a vehicle, calls an operations center server via a wireless telecommunications device, such as a wireless telephone. The call placed by the equipment installer is transmitted to a transfer server. A voice-to-data software application at the transfer server converts the communication to data for transfer to the operations center server. The operations center server prompts the installer with a series of prompts to obtain equipment installation information. Prompts from the operations center server are transmitted in data to the transfer server where those prompts are converted to voice before being transmitted to the equipment installer's wireless telephone. The equipment installer responds to prompts from the operations center server with required installation information, such as equipment identification numbers, vehicle identification numbers, and the like. Once the desired equipment is installed in the vehicle or equipment item, other tests such as an alarm test may be performed.