MOBILE REPORTING MODULE EMPLOYING TIMING AND MESSAGE CONSOLIDATION TO ECONOMIZE TRANSMISSIONS

摘要

A remote, electronic, mobile reporting module conserves wireless transmissionsin its reporting to a monitoring facility. The time at which certain messagesare sent is used to convey added information. Also, when coverage is unknown,the remote module incorporates data into a coverage query in order to save theneed to subsequently transmit the data in the event the monitoring facilityconfirms coverage.