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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Damien Mandy, Fontain, FR;
Inventor:
Damien Mandy, Fontain, FR;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Systemes, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for monitoring a number of terminals, particularly parking meters, in which at least first and second adjacent terminals are able to communicate with each other and with a monitoring center, comprises a monitoring protocol according to which the first and second terminals must call each other and, if no call and/or reply is received from the second terminal, the first terminal calls the monitoring center to inform it of an abnormal situation concerning the second terminal.