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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Nicholas H. Evancich, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael P. Mcloughlin, Sykesville, MD (US);
Keith A. Soldavin, Laurel, MD (US);
Micah A. Carlson, Arnold, MD (US);
Gerad D. House, Columbia, MD (US);
Marshall J. Jose, New Windsor, MD (US);
Edward P. Rhyne, Columbia, MD (US);
Charles W. Kerechanin, Ii, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Henry A. Kues, Jr., Eldersburg, MD (US);
Eric J. Van Gieson, Millersville, MD (US);
Nicholas H. Evancich, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael P. McLoughlin, Sykesville, MD (US);
Keith A. Soldavin, Laurel, MD (US);
Micah A. Carlson, Arnold, MD (US);
Gerad D. House, Columbia, MD (US);
Marshall J. Jose, New Windsor, MD (US);
Edward P. Rhyne, Columbia, MD (US);
Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Henry A. Kues, Jr., Eldersburg, MD (US);
Eric J. Van Gieson, Millersville, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system and method for detecting environmental conditions is provided, the monitoring system including a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors for obtaining data related to environmental conditions, a controller interfaced with the sensing unit for receiving and encoding the data related to environmental conditions into a predetermined format using a base64 encoding scheme, and a communication device for receiving the data in the predetermined format from the controller, forming an e-mail message (which can be further encoded) including instructions on how to decode the email message and transmitting the e-mail message including the data in the predetermined format to at least one predetermined recipient.