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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Joe P. Crookham, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Antonio Rivera, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Michael B. Foster, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Ryan A. Marsh, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Walter R. Tippett, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Patrick K. Cooley, Wilton, IA (US);
Joe P. Crookham, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Antonio Rivera, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Michael B. Foster, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Ryan A. Marsh, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Walter R. Tippett, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Patrick K. Cooley, Wilton, IA (US);
Musco Corporation, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to control remote devices or equipment via existing cellular telephone networks. The apparatus receives information from a customer concerning a specific function, which the customer wants to perform at the remote equipment. A Central Control receives this information from the customer and correlates the function to a specific cellular telephone MIN number, which has been pre-programmed in a computer at the Central Control. The MIN number is then sent to a cellular provider. The cellular provider then transmits the MIN number to an antenna, which transmits the MIN number to a remote equipment controller at the remotely located equipment. The remote equipment controller then takes the a part of the MIN and gives these numbers to a PLC at the remote equipment controller. The PLC then memory maps the part of the MIN to a specific function to be carried out by the remote equipment controller. Then the remote equipment controller carriers out specified functions at the remote equipment.