Central multi-user inhome display device for water meters
AssigneeGwf AG
InventorStefan CHRISTEN
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Abstract
An inhome display device and method are provided for reading and monitoring consumed hot and cold water that includes a plurality of water meters which measure hot and cold water consumption and encrypt the consumption data, one internal or external radio module per water meter for transmitting the encrypted consumption data, a gateway for one or multiple water meters for receiving and transmitting the encrypted consumption data to a remote backend server. The consumption data is decrypted, processed and made available in the remote backend server. The consumption data of a water meter is retrievable from the remote backend server via at least one central inhome display and displayed on the at least one central inhome display.
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An inhome display system for reading and monitoring water consumption, the inhome display system comprising:
- a plurality of water meters, each of the water meters being configured to measure hot water consumption and/or cold water consumption to obtain consumption data and encrypt the consumption data to output encrypted consumption data,
- at least one transmitter per water meter that transmits the encrypted consumption data,
- a plurality of gateways, each of the plurality of gateways corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of water meters such that at least one gateway is provided per each water meter of the plurality of water meters, each of the gateways being configured to receive and transmit the encrypted consumption data to a remote backend server,
- wherein the consumption data is decrypted, processed and made available in the remote backend server,
- wherein the consumption data of a at least one of the plurality of water meters is retrievable from the remote backend server via at least one central inhome display and displayed on the at least one central inhome display,
- wherein each of the plurality of water meters is installed in a different apartment in a building complex and the at least one central inhome display is located at a commonly accessible location in the building complex, and
- wherein the central inhome display is a touchpad for executing query instructions and for authentication and authorization.
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