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1. A method of remotely accessing and controlling devices in a building, comprising:
signing up users for at least one digital service through an on-line device management website, the digital service comprising providing each authorized user with remote access to a plurality of devices in at least one building associated with the respective authorized user;
storing data on authorized users and on devices associated with each authorized user at the website, at least some of the devices having different application programming interfaces (APIs), and the stored data including the API for each device;
communicating with each device associated with an authorized user from the website, using the API of the device;
controlling each device to send data to the website on a selected schedule;
receiving and storing data from the devices at the website; and
providing an authorized user with a customized display interface at the website, the customized display interface displaying options to the user including display options for displaying data from the devices associated with the user, the display options comprising displaying stored data from one or more selected devices and displaying real time data from one or more selected devices.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising periodically checking the operational status of each device from the website, receiving and storing device status information from the devices, and notifying the user associated with a device if a device malfunction is detected.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing a user with a device status option on the customized interface which displays stored device status information from the periodic status checks for each registered device associated with the user.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of signing up a user comprises offering a plurality of digital services to the user and receiving and storing information on the digital services selected by the user.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the digital services comprise at least a surveillance service which provides control and monitoring of devices comprising surveillance devices.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least some of the surveillance devices comprise cameras.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising displaying output from at least one camera on the customized user interface via the website.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying output from all cameras associated with a user simultaneously on the customized user interface for that user.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising providing a user with the options of displaying one or more camera outputs real time on the customized user interface, or displaying archived data for a selected time interval from one or more cameras on the customized user interface.
10. The method of claim 4, wherein the digital services comprise at least a traffic count service and at least some of the devices comprise traffic monitoring devices, the data analysis service collecting and analyzing traffic data from the traffic monitoring devices and providing corresponding traffic reports to authorized users.
11. The method of claim 4, wherein the digital services comprise at least a building automation service and at least some of the devices comprise building automation systems.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising linking at least one automation system at a building with the website, and connecting the user associated with the automation system with an automation system control interface through the website on request, whereby the registered user can monitor and control the automation system remotely through the website.
13. The method of claim 5, wherein the digital services further comprise a personal assistant service which receives, organizes, and stores information on items purchased by a registered user.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the personal assistant service further comprises receiving and storing links to other websites associated with an authorized user, receiving and storing item warranty information and providing reminders of warranty expiry, providing links to websites for selling and buying items, receiving and storing information on utilities used by a registered user, and receiving and storing information on companies providing service on items purchased by an authorized user.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an authorized user with a device control option on the customized interface which allows user control of an associated device via the website.
16. An on-line device management system, comprising:
a first communication module which communicates with devices over a public network in order to receive data from the devices, the devices including at least some devices having different onboard programming;
a device data storage module communicating with the first communication module which stores device identifying and onboard programming information;
a device control module which uses the stored onboard programming information for each device to control the device to send data to the first communication module on a selected schedule;
an archive storage module which communicates with the first communication module and receives and stores data received from devices;
a second communication module which communicates with users accessing the on-line management system over a public network;
a user information storage module which communicates with the second communication module and stores user information, the information including user log in information, a list of devices associated with each user, and a customized user interface for each user including access to a plurality of modules selected by the respective user, one of the modules comprising a surveillance module and at least some of the devices comprising surveillance devices; and
the surveillance module comprising a surveillance display unit having a live data viewing module and archived data viewing module, the live data module displaying live data from at least one surveillance device associated with a user at the customized user interface, and the archived data module displaying archived data from at least one surveillance device for a user selected time period.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the surveillance module further comprises a device management module which checks the operational status of surveillance devices associated with a user at periodic intervals, and stores status information received in each status check.
18. The system of claim 17, further comprising an uptime history storage module which stores the operational status of each registered device linked to the system in connection with each status check by the device management module.
19. The system of claim 17, wherein the device management module checks the operational information received in each status check for potential malfunction of the associated device, and further comprises a user notification module which notifies a user associated with a registered device on detection of an operational malfunction of the respective registered device.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the device management module further comprises a device status link on the customized user interface and a status display which displays stored device status history on the customized user interface on selection of the device status link.
21. The system of claim 16, wherein the live and archived data modules each have a single device option for displaying data from a single device and a multi-view option for displaying data from multiple devices simultaneously at the user interface.
22. The system of claim 16, further comprising an automation service module which communicates with at least one building automation system associated with a user, the customized user interface further comprising access to the automation service module, and the automation service module displaying an automation system control interface on the customized user interface on selection of the automation service by a user, whereby a user can monitor and control building equipment associated with the building automation system remotely through the on-line device management system.
23. The system of claim 16, further comprising a data analysis module which provides reports to users generated from data received and stored from traffic count devices associated with the respective users, the customized user interface including access to the data analysis module.
24. The system of claim 16, further comprising a personal assistant module which receives and stores information from users on items purchased by the users and services to which users subscribe.
25. The system of claim 22, wherein the personal assistant module further comprises a calendar module which stores and tracks warranty and service information related to items purchased by a user and provides reminders to users in advance of warranty expiry dates and scheduled service dates.
26. The system of claim 22, wherein the personal assistant module further comprises links to companies providing servicing and maintenance of items entered by users.
27. An on-line traffic count system, comprising:
a first communication module which communicates with traffic detecting devices over a public network in order to receive data from the devices;
a device data storage module which communicates with the first communication module and stores device identifying and onboard programming information;
a device control module which controls the traffic detecting devices using device programming information to send detected traffic event data to the first communication module on a selected schedule;
a traffic counting module which communicates with the first communication module to receive traffic event data and which counts the number of events received from each traffic detecting device during a series of predetermined time periods;
a storage module which communicates with the first communication module and traffic counting module and stores traffic data and the traffic count over successive time periods;
a second communication module which communicates with users accessing the system over a public network; and
a customized user interface for each user including access to the traffic counting module, the traffic counting module including a display module which displays traffic count information to the user, the display module including an event display option which displays each recorded traffic event during a selected time period for a selected traffic detection device.
28. The system of claim 25, wherein the traffic detection devices comprise cameras and the events comprise snapshots taken when motion is detected in predetermined camera areas.
29. The system of claim 25, wherein the traffic count module further comprises a report generator which generates reports comparing the number of events detected in predetermined regions over predetermined time periods.
30. The system of claim 25, further comprising a user input module which allows a user to delete selected events from the total count stored for a predetermined time period.
31. The system of claim 25, further comprising a sales information input module for receiving and storing information on total sales during the predetermined time periods, and a report generator which generates reports comparing total sales during each time period to the traffic count for that time period.
32. A method of managing surveillance through an on-line portal website over a public network, comprising:
receiving and storing device access data associated with a plurality of building surveillance devices at different locations in a data storage module at an on-line portal website, the access data including the internet protocol (IP) address, user login information, and onboard application programming information for each surveillance device, at least some of the surveillance devices having different onboard application programming from other surveillance devices;
communicating with the surveillance devices using the stored device access data and controlling the devices to send surveillance data to the website on a selected schedule;
storing surveillance data received from surveillance devices in an archive data storage module at the website; and
displaying data from one or more selected surveillance devices on a customized user interface on request by a user connected to the website, the data being selected from the group consisting of live data received at the website from one surveillance device, multi-view live data received at the website from any selected group of surveillance devices, stored archive data for a selected time period from one surveillance device, and multi-view archive data received at the website from any selected group of surveillance devices, the multi-view live and archive data comprising a simultaneous display on the interface of data from the selected surveillance devices.
33. The method of claim 30, further comprising providing a control option to users at the customized user interface whereby users control selected operational characteristics of associated surveillance devices through the website.
34. The method of claim 30, further comprising periodically checking the operational status of each device from the website, receiving and storing device status information from registered devices, and notifying the user associated with a device if a device malfunction is detected.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for substituting an anonymous Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for a computer system’s real UUID) in order to disguise an identity of said computer system to an application requesting a UUID for said client computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
establishing a cloak bit for specifying whether to disguise said computer system’s identity;
establishing a storage device in said computer system including a primary location, wherein a UUID stored in said primary location is used as a UUID for said computer system;
determining whether said cloak bit is set or cleared;
generating an anonymous UUID in response to a determination that said cloak bit is set, wherein said anonymous UUID does not identify any particular computer system;
moving said real UUID to a secondary location within said storage device; and
providing said anonymous UUID in response to a request for said computer system’s UUID.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
said computer system starting execution of said boot process;
determining whether said cloak bit is set during said execution of said boot process; and
in response to a determination that said cloak bit is set, moving said real UUID stored in said primary location to a secondary location in said storage device and storing said anonymous UUID in said primary location, wherein said identity of said computer system is disguised by utilizing said anonymous UUID as said client computer system’s UUID.
3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of in response to a determination that said cloak bit is cleared, moving said real UUID from said storage location to said primary location, wherein a true identity of said computer system is represented by utilizing said real UUID as said computer system’s UUID.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
an application program requesting said computer system’s UUID; and
said computer system providing a UUID stored in said primary location to said application program in response to said request.
5. A system for substituting an anonymous Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for a computer system’s real UUID in order to disguise an identity of said computer system to an application requesting a UUID for said client computer system, said computer system including a CPU, comprising:
a cloak bit for specifying whether to disguise said computer system’s identity;
a storage device in said computer system including a primary location, wherein a UUID stored in said primary location is used as a UUID for said computer system;
means for determining whether said cloak bit is set or cleared;
means for generating said anonymous UUID in response to a determination that said cloak bit is set, wherein said anonymous UUID does not identify any particular computer system;
means for storing said anonymous UUID in said primary location within said storage device and for moving said real UUID to a secondary location within said storage device; and
said system for providing said anonymous UUID in response to a request for said computer system’s UUID.
6. The system according to claim 5, further comprising:
means for starting execution of said boot process;
means for determining whether said cloak bit is set during said execution of said boot process; and
in response to a determination that said cloak bit is set, means for moving said real UUID stored in said primary location to a secondary location in said storage device and storing said anonymous UUID in said primary location, wherein said identity of said computer system is disguised by utilizing said anonymous UUID as said client computer system’s UUID.
7. The system according to claim 6, further comprising in response to a determination tat said cloak bit is cleared, means for moving said real UUID from said secondary location to said primary location, wherein a true identity of said computer system is represented by utilizing said real UUID as said computer system’s UUID.
8. The system according to claim 5, further comprising:
an application program for requesting said computer system’s UUID; and
means for providing a UUID stored in said primary location to said application program in response to said request.

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1. An apparatus for pumping or compressing a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a compressor chamber including a means of compressing admitted fluid, wherein the compressing means comprises a plurality of radial compartments wherein intermittent baffles define a boundary for each radial compartment, enclosed therein said radial compartment is a solid triangular segment adapted to move relative to the baffles that define the radial compartments, said radial compartments having two inlet apertures to admit fluid and two outlet holes to discharge pressurized fluid;
a fluid control arrangement adapted to control admitted andor discharged fluid to and from the radial compartments making up the compressor chamber;
a valve including a rotatable circular plate or ring with a series of symmetrically placed holes there along such that the rotation of this circular plate or ring with the intermittent holes allows the opening or partial opening of one inlet aperture to one of the radial compartments of the compressor portion and the closing or partial closing of the other inlet aperture of the one compartment; said valve further including one way control valves on each of the outlet apertures of the radial compartments of the compressor portion; and
means for oscillating the baffles in a back and forth oscillation movement to create relative movement between the baffles against the triangular segments to create a bellowing effect to admit fluid into the respective radial compartments and a simultaneous discharge thereout through one of the outlet apertures.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a main housing block providing a drive portion supporting a rotatably driveable shaft in operable communication with a compression portion defining said compression chamber.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said drive portion is in the form of an electric motor.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said means for oscillating the baffles comprises a cam mechanism adapted to translate the rotatable motion of the drivable shaft into the back and forth oscillation movement of the baffles.
5. An apparatus for pumping or compressing a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a main housing block adapted to provide a drive portion supporting a rotatably drivable shaft in operable communication with a compression portion of said main housing block; the compression portion defining a compressor chamber in its interior; the compressor chamber including a compressor adapted to compress admitted fluid;
wherein the compressor comprises a plurality of radial compartments wherein intermittent baffles define a boundary for each radial compartment, enclosed therein each said radial compartment is a triangular segment, wherein the triangular segments are adapted to move relative to the baffles that define the radial compartments; said radial compartments comprising two inlet apertures to admit fluid and two outlet holes to discharge pressurized fluid;
a fluid control arrangement adapted to control admitted and discharged fluid to and from the radial compartments making up the compressor chamber, the fluid control arrangement including a rotatable circular plate with a series of symmetrically placed holes there along such that the rotation of the rotatable circular plate allows the opening or partial opening of one inlet aperture to one of the radial compartments of the compressor portion and the closing or partial closing of the other inlet aperture of the one compartment; the fluid flow control arrangement further comprises one way control valves on each of the outlet apertures of the radial compartments of the compressor;
a cam mechanism adapted to translate the rotatable motion of the rotably drivable shaft into a back and forth oscillation movement to create relative movement between the baffles against the triangular segments to create a bellowing effect adapted to admit fluid into the respective radial compartments and adapted to simultaneously discharge thereout through one of the outlet apertures.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein when one edge of the triangular segments moves up against the intermittent baffles fluid is compressed while on the other side of the triangular segments fluid is admitted therein by virtue of the symmetrically placed holes of the rotatable circular plate having aligned over corresponding inlet holes and thereby allowing the admission of fluid therein to the radial compartment.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein on the opposed side of the triangular section which has had its inlet hole covered or partly covered by this oscillating back and forth rotable circular plate, no fluid or reduced amounts of fluid are being admitted.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein when the triangular segment is rotated towards one of the intermitted baffles the fluid is being compressed and discharged through one of the one way control valves.
9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each triangular segment comprises an orifice or elongated recess at least partially extending into the depth of said triangular segment, wherein each of the orifices or elongated recesses are located on an opposing side of each of the triangular segments so that inside the radial compartment such that the recesses on opposing sides of each of the triangular segments exclusively engage with just one single inlet aperture.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the orifices or elongated recesses of the triangular segments extend to the depth of the triangular segment on opposing edges of the triangular segment and are substantially conical or cone type in configuration with part of the edge, length or shoulder of the conical configuration opened up such that it is adapted to provide a fluid passage flow moving from a space of varying bounded dimension.
11. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the inlet apertures are a series of holes placed on a covering plate that defines the radial diameter of the radial compartments.
12. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the intermittent baffles are rotatably supported and each of the triangular segments remain fixed in place within said compressor chamber.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the intermittent baffles that provide the radial compartments include therein triangular segments of smaller dimension.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said intermittent baffles are supported on a rotatable shaft wherein the shaft by virtue of its structural arrangement with the cam mechanism will oscillate or swing back and forth over a defined degree of angle.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the degree of rotation of the back and forth oscillating movement between the intermittent baffles and the triangular segments is twenty degrees.
16. An apparatus for pumping or compressing a fluid including: a compressor chamber including a central shaft and a plurality of radial compartments, wherein a boundary of each compartment is partially defined by adjacent baffles of a plurality of intermittent, radially disposed baffles, whereby disposed in each said radial compartment is a fixed solid segment having a substantially triangular structure extending between the central shaft and an inner edge of the chamber with respect to which the baffles are adapted to move to compress admitted fluid, said chamber having a plurality of inlet aperture pairs disposed at an inlet end of the chamber and corresponding with each radial compartment, of which each inlet aperture is positioned relative to a corresponding side edge of a solid segment in the corresponding compartment to admit fluid, and a plurality of outlet hole pairs disposed at an outlet end of the chamber opposite the inlet end, each outlet hole pair including a first and a second hole coaxially aligned with the first and second inlet apertures, to discharge pressurised fluid;
a fluid control arrangement including a rotatable circular plate at the inlet end of the chamber which substantially covers the inlet aperture pairs, the plate being rotatable with the central shaft and baffles and including a series of symmetrically placed holes positioned such that the rotation of the plate allows the opening or partial opening of said first inlet apertures by aligning with the holes to admit fluid into the radial compartments on an admission side of each solid segment and the simultaneous closing or partial closing of the second inlet apertures to compress fluid in the radial compartments on the compression side of each solid segment;
said fluid control arrangement further including one way control valves on each of the outlet holes configured to open and thereby allow discharge of fluid after sufficient pressure is established in the compression side of each solid segment inside each compartment; and
a means of rotating the central shaft and thereby moving the baffles and the plate in a back and forth rotational oscillation to create relative movement between the baffles against the solid segments such that during rotation in one direction, fluid is admitted into each radial compartment in the admission side of each solid segment and fluid is simultaneously discharged thereout from the compression side of each solid segment.
17. An apparatus as characterised in claim 16 further including a drive portion supporting a rotatably driveable shaft in operable communication with the central shaft.
18. An apparatus as characterised in claim 17 wherein said drive portion includes an electric motor for rotating said driveable shaft.
19. An apparatus as characterised in claim 17 wherein said means of oscillating the baffles and plate is in the form of a cam mechanism adapted to translate the rotatable motion of the drivable shaft into a back and forth oscillation movement of the central shaft.
20. An apparatus as characterised in claim 16 wherein when one of said adjacent baffles moves up against one edge of a corresponding solid segment, the baffle is compressing fluid in the compression side, and the admission side of the solid segment is admitting fluid therein by virtue of the adjacent baffle moving away from the opposed edge of the solid segment and the intermittent holes of the plate having aligned over the corresponding inlet aperture and thereby allowing the admission of fluid therein.
21. An apparatus as characterised in claim 20 wherein each solid segment includes elongated recess at least partially extending into the depth of said segment at an inlet end thereof, wherein each of the recesses is located on an opposing edge of the solid segment to thereby form a recess pair associated with each solid segment which are substantially aligned with corresponding inlet aperture pairs.
22. An apparatus as characterised in claim 20 wherein each solid segment includes an elongated recess at least partially extending into the depth of said segment at an outlet end thereof, wherein each of the recesses is located on an opposing edge of the solid segment to thereby form a recess pair associated with each solid segment which are substantially aligned with corresponding outlet hole pairs.
23. An apparatus as characterised in claim 21 wherein the recesses of the solid segments are substantially conical in configuration.
24. An apparatus as characterised in claim 22 wherein the recesses of the solid segments are substantially conical in configuration.
25. An apparatus as characterised in claim 16 wherein the inlet apertures are a series of apertures extending through a covering plate associated with the chamber inlet.
26. An apparatus as characterised in claim 25 wherein the outlet holes are a series of holes extending through a covering plate associated with the chamber exit, the exit covering plate being of similar dimension to that of the inlet covering plate.
27. An apparatus as characterised in claim 19 wherein said baffles are rotatably supported on said central shaft wherein the shaft by virtue of its structural arrangement with the cam mechanism will oscillate or swing back and forth over a defined degree of angle.
28. An apparatus as characterised in claim 27 wherein the degree of rotation of the back and forth oscillating movement between the baffles and the solid segments is twenty degrees.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A storm water pretreatment chamber comprising;
one or more curved filter sidewalls;
one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls each independently connected to the one or more curved filter sidewalls;
wherein the one or more curved filter sidewalls and the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls form a debris and sediment trap,
wherein the one or more curved filter sidewalls are each in communication with the atmosphere and in position to release treated storm water from the debris and sediment trap into one or more storm water receiving features;

one or more chamber grates each having a first surface and a second surface, wherein each second surface of the one or more chamber grates is on or connected with the one or more curved filter sidewalls or the one or more curved filter sidewalls and the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls,
wherein the one or more chamber grates are in communication with the atmosphere and in position to receive untreated storm water and to collect one or more floating debris that does not pass through the one or more chamber grates;

one or more curved catch rails each independently connected to the one or more curved filter sidewalls or the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls to form an open top in the storm water pretreatment chamber,
wherein the one or more curved catch rails are configured to provide one or more openings directed away from the one or more storm water receiving features,
wherein the one or more curved catch rails each independently catch the one or more floating debris,
wherein the one or more curved catch rails are positioned above a level of one or more storm water conveyances;
wherein the open top in the storm water pretreatment chamber is positioned below the level of the one or more storm water conveyances, and
wherein the storm water pretreatment chamber has an opening between the one or more curved filter sidewalls, the one or more curved catch rails, and the one or more chamber grates that enables storm water to flow out of the debris and sediment trap and into the one or more storm water receiving features when the one or more curved filter sidewalls is clogged.
2. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, further comprising a base having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is connected to the ground adjacent the one or more storm water receiving features, wherein the second surface contacts the one or more curved filter sidewalls and the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls.
3. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 2, wherein the base comprises a water-impermeable base comprising concrete.
4. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls comprise one or more wood-plastic composite sheets.
5. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the one or more curved filter sidewalls comprise one or more filters.
6. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 5, wherein the one or more filters each independently comprise one or more plastic coated woven fiberglass screens, one or more rubber coated woven fiberglass screens, or one or more plastic and rubber coated woven fiberglass screens in an anodized aluminum frame.
7. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 5, wherein the one or more filters each independently comprise openings that are smaller than the openings in the one or more chamber grates.
8. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, further comprising one or more piers each supporting the one or more curved filter sidewalls, the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls, the one or more chamber grates, the one or more curved catch rails, or a combination thereof.
9. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the debris and sediment trap collects materials that are smaller than the openings of the one or more chamber grates and larger than the openings in the one or more curved filter sidewalls.
10. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the one or more chamber grates comprise one or more cement materials, one or more concrete materials, one or more stone materials, one or more brick materials, one or more wood-plastic composite materials, one or more metals, one or more cement fiberboard materials, one or more fiberglass materials, one or more pressure-treated wood materials, one or more plastic materials, or a combination thereof.
11. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the one or more chamber grates cover the debris and sediment trap or the debris and sediment trap and a space between the one or more curved filter sidewalls and the one or more curved catch rails adjacent to the one or more storm water receiving features.
12. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the one or more curved catch rails comprise one or more wood-plastic composite sheets, one or more metal sheets, one or more cement fiberboards, one or more fiberglass sheets, one or more pressure-treated wood planks, one or more plastic sheets, or a combination thereof.
13. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 12, wherein the one or more curved catch rails each independently comprise one or more wood-plastic composite sheets.
14. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 1, wherein the storm water pretreatment chamber comprises a circular chamber grate, a circular filter sidewall, and one circular catch rail.
15. The storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 14, wherein the circular catch rail is configured to provide an opening into the storm water pretreatment chamber opposite to one storm water receiving feature.
16. A circular storm water pretreatment chamber comprising;
a circularly-curved filter sidewall;
a circularly-curved water-impermeable sidewall connected to the circularly-curved filter sidewall,
wherein the circularly-curved filter sidewall and circularly-curved water-impermeable sidewall form a debris and sediment trap,
wherein the circularly-curved filter sidewall is in communication with the atmosphere and in position to release treated storm water from the debris and sediment trap into a storm water receiving feature;

a circular chamber grate having a first surface and a second surface,
wherein the second surface of the circular chamber grate is on or connected with the circularly-curved filter sidewall or the circularly-curved filter sidewall and the circularly-curved water-impermeable sidewall,
wherein the circular chamber grate is in communication with the atmosphere and in position to receive untreated storm water and to collect one or more floating debris that does not pass through the circular chamber grate;

a circularly-curved catch rail connected to the circularly-curved filter sidewall or the circularly-curved water-impermeable sidewall to form an open top in the circular storm water pretreatment chamber,
wherein the circularly-curved catch rail is configured to provide an opening into the circular storm water pretreatment chamber opposite from the storm water receiving feature,
wherein the circularly-curved catch rail catches the one or more floating debris,
wherein the circularly-curved catch rail is positioned above the level of a storm water conveyance;
wherein the open top in the circular storm water pretreatment chamber is positioned below the level of the storm water conveyance; and
wherein the circular storm water pretreatment chamber has an opening between the circularly-curved filter sidewall, the circularly-curved catch rail, and the circular chamber grate that enables storm water to flow out of the debris and sediment trap and into the storm water receiving feature when the circularly-curved filter sidewall is clogged.
17. The circular storm pretreatment chamber of claim 16, further comprising a base having a first surface and a second surface.
18. The circular storm pretreatment chamber of claim 17, wherein the first surface is connected to the ground adjacent the storm water receiving feature, and wherein the second surface contacts the circularly-curved filter sidewall and the circularly-curved water-impermeable sidewall.
19. The circular storm water pretreatment chamber of claim 17, wherein the base comprises a concrete slab.
20. A method of treating storm water comprising;
passing storm water through a storm water pretreatment chamber, wherein the storm water pretreatment chamber comprises:
one or more curved filter sidewalls;
one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls each independently connected to the one or more curved filter sidewalls;
wherein the one or more curved filter sidewalls and the one or more curved water-impermeable sidewalls form a debris and sediment trap,
wherein the one or more curved filter sidewalls are each in communication with the atmosphere and in position to release treated storm water from the debris and sediment trap into one or more storm water receiving features;