System and method for verifying installation of a tank level monitor
CA 2575836 C · Owner: Cupples, Kenneth Alan · Inventors: Cupples, Kenneth Alan; Carl, Richard L.
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A system and method of verifying the installation and data path used by a tank level monitor is provided. Once an installer completes the installation of the tank level monitor, the monitor is activated. The monitor performs a self test and transmits information to a data center. Preferably the transmission is , via a cellular communication network. Once the data center receives the information from the newly installed tank level monitor the data center , generates a text based message that is sent to the installer to verify that the installation was successful. The message from the data center is preferably an email message that can be delivered to a wireless messaging device held …
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- Filed August 10, 2005 and granted November 20, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 10, 2025.
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