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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Jeffrey L. Shannon, Birmingham, AL (US);
John Decastra, Birmingham, AL (US);
Jeffrey L. Shannon, Birmingham, AL (US);
John DeCastra, Birmingham, AL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are presented for collecting and transmitting data. In one embodiment, a computer program (or code) is implemented on a computer-readable medium. In this embodiment, computer code is adapted to establish a connection between a workstation and a central server, collect data from the workstation, write the collected data to the central server, and sever the connection between the workstation and the central server. Correspondingly, another embodiment is a method comprising the steps of establishing a connection between a workstation and a central server, collecting data from the workstation, writing the collected data to the central server, and severing the connection between the workstation and the central server.