REMOTE AND REAL-TIME REPORTING OF EVENTS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

摘要

A distributed information reporting and processing system for reporting on events occurring in a plurality of monitored locations in real-time is described. The system comprising a central data store for storing a user-defined specification, the specification identifying the locations and defining the manner in which the events are to be reported; a plurality of portable data communications devices, each device being provided at one of the monitored locations and being connectable to a data communications network to transmit reports in accordance with the user-defined specification regarding events occurring at the monitored locations; central processing means for processing event data received from each of the portable data communications devices regarding the events occurring at their respective sites to verify the correctness of the data, the central processing means being arranged to compare the format of the received event data to a predetermined format stored within the specification and to verify event data which conforms to the predetermined format; and collating means for collating the verified event data from the different locations and providing the same to the user for real-time collective analysis of the events occurring at the plurality of locations.