METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RECEIVING AND PROCESSING STATUS INFORMATION AS PERTAINS TO A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY

摘要

A central facility automatically receives status information regarding at least three different kinds of system elements and processes that status information to provide a corresponding status report. These teachings will readily accommodate a wide variety of system elements including, but not limited to, area lights, security cameras , overlocks, movable barrier status detectors, point-of-entry elements, sensors of variou s kinds, data communication paths, and so forth.