SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PLURAL REAL-TIME CUSTOMIZED DATA SOURCES

摘要

A system and method for monitoring real-time data customized data feeds such as are generated by in-home security cameras, telephones, appliances, as well as customised stock portfolios and other user-specific data, using a wireless user terminal (26) such as a PDA. The data feeds are communicated to the Internet (16) by wired or wireless paths, and a server (18) is connected to the Internet (16). A toolbar (38) of customised sources is presented on the PDA, and a user can click on one of the toolbar icons (40) to cause the server (18) to establish a tunnel channel between the selected data source (12) and the PDA, such that one or more of the selected real-time feeds from the respective data source (12) can be viewed or otherwise displayed on the PDA.