System for controlling the supply of utility services to consumers
OwnerBarry Thomasinventor
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Abstract
System for controlling the supply of utility services, such as electricity, gas, water, and oil, and other services, such as telephone, cable television, and the like to a consumer. The system includes one or more service supply control units for controlling the supply of the service to a consumer location over a predetermined time period. A timing device is connected to the supply control unit for setting the time period over which the supply control units supply the service to the consumer. A deactuating device is connected to the supply control units for effecting termination of the supply of the service upon expiry of the predetermined time period. An actuator card is provided for actuating the supply control units.
Claims12
A system for controlling the supply of services to a consumer, said system comprising:
- a plurality of service supply control means for controlling the supply of respective services to a consumer location over respective predetermined time periods;
- an actuator card means for actuating said supply control means, said actuator card means including a plurality of individual programmable memory means each for storing respective coded information in relation to a respective service;
- said supply control means including actuator card reading means for reading respective coded information stored in said respective memory means on said actuator card means for generating data related to said respective coded information;
- timing means connected to said supply control means for timing each said respective predetermined time period over which said supply control means supplies said respective services to said consumer location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.