Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suite

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data.
• wherein said server comprises an HTTP server and said HTTP server and CGI application are embedded in each of said meters.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data.
• wherein said server comprises an HTTP server and said HTTP server and CGI application are embedded in said gateway.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data
• and further comprising a common gateway interface (CGI) application coupled to said server;
• wherein said server and CGI application are embedded in each of said meters;
• wherein said gateway and each of said meters comprises a local area network (LAN) interface and a TCP/IP interface;
• and wherein said prescribed commodity is a member of the group consisting of electricity, water and gas.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data;
• and further comprising a common gateway interface (CGI) application coupled to said server for use in accessing said measured data;
• wherein said server and CGI application are embedded in said gateway;
• wherein each of said meters and said gateway comprises a local area network (LAN) interface;
• wherein said gateway further comprises a TCP/IP interface;
• and wherein said prescribed commodity is a member of the group consisting of electricity, water and gas.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data.
• wherein said second network is a local area network (LAN) and comprises a CEBus LAN.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data;
• a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• a server operatively coupled to said second network and said gateway, said server accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data.
• wherein said LAN is a CEBus LAN.

An electronic meter, comprising:

• meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility;
• memory for storing measured data;
• and
• an HTTP server embedded in said meter and operatively coupled to said meter electronics and memory, said server accessing said measured data;
• said electronic meter being configured for use in a system including a wide area network (WAN) operating in accordance with a TCP/IP protocol, a local area network (LAN), and a gateway operatively coupled to said LAN and said WAN, whereby said WAN is provided with remote access to said measured data.

An electronic metering system, comprising:

• (A) a first network operating in accordance with a predetermined protocol;
• (B) a second network comprising a plurality of meters each of which includes meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility and memory for storing measured data and meter control parameters;
• (C) a gateway operatively coupled to said first network and to said second network;
• and
• (D) an HTTP server embedded in one of (1) said gateway and (2) said plurality of meters, for accessing said measured data, wherein said first network is provided remote access to said measured data.

An electronic meter, comprising:

• meter electronics for measuring a prescribed commodity supplied by a utility;
• memory for storing measured data and meter control parameters;
• and
• an HTTP server embedded in said meter and operatively coupled to said meter electronics and memory, said server accessing said measured data;
• said electronic meter being configured for use in a system including a wide area network (WAN) operating in accordance with a TCP/IP protocol, a local area network (LAN), and a gateway operatively coupled to said LAN and said WAN, whereby said WAN is provided with remote access to said measured data and control parameters of said electronic meter.