System and method for energy resource monitoring and customer engagement

A system for resource monitoring and engagement, the system comprising:

• a resource monitor, disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and readings, said resource monitor configured to:
• determine whether said radio signals are of a fixed frequency or frequency hopping transmission protocol by scanning each of a plurality of channels for a time period and counting hits of desired meter identifiers within said each of said plurality of channels;
• decode said radio signals according to a determined transmission protocol to obtain corresponding meter identifiers and readings;
• and
• transmit said corresponding meter identifiers and readings over an Internet;
• a server, configured to:
• receive said corresponding meter identifiers and readings;
• employ said corresponding meter identifiers and readings to detect an unusual pattern of resource consumption;
• and
• send an alert that corresponds to said unusual pattern of resource consumption;
• and
• a client device, configured to execute a client application program that commissions said resource monitor onto a corresponding WIFI network, thereby providing connectivity to said server via the internet.

A method for resource monitoring and engagement, the method comprising:

• via a resource monitor, disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and current readings:
• determining whether the radio signals are of a fixed frequency or frequency hopping transmission protocol by scanning each of a plurality of channels for a time period and counting hits of desired meter identifiers within the each of the plurality of channels;
• decoding the radio signals according to a determined transmission protocol to obtain corresponding meter identifiers and readings;
• and
• transmitting the corresponding meter identifiers and readings over an Internet;
• and
• via a server:
• receiving the corresponding meter identifiers and readings;
• employing the corresponding meter identifiers and readings to detect an unusual pattern of resource consumption;
• and
• sending an alert that corresponds to the unusual pattern of resource consumption.