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US 6,931,445 B2Granted
User interface for monitoring remote devices
AssigneeStatSignal Systems, Inc.
InventorJames S. Davis
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Abstract
A system for monitoring utility consumption information, the system including a memory to store utility consumption information and a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface to enable an user to view the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
Claims25
A system for monitoring utility consumption information, the system comprising:
- a plurality of wireless transceivers dispersed geographically and coupled to a utility meter, each transceiver configured to receive utility consumption information transmitted from a nearby transceiver and further configured to retransmit the utility consumption information;
- a gateway transceiver coupled to a wide area network and configured to receive the utility consumption information and transmit a message containing the utility consumption information over the wide area network;
- a memory to store utility consumption information received over wide area network;
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- a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface that presents the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
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A method for presenting utility consumption information, the method comprising:
- receiving a message communicated over a wide area network from a gateway transceiver coupled to the wide area network, the gateway transceiver being configured to receive a wireless transmission containing the utility consumption information from a wireless transceiver coupled to a utility meter, wherein the wireless transmission may be repeated by one or more additional wireless transceivers coupled to a utility meter and one or more wireless transceivers not coupled to a utility meter;
- providing a user interface to a user to display the utility consumption information, wherein the utility consumption information characterizes consumption related to an identified utility meter;
- segmenting the utility consumption information;
- and displaying the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
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A computer program embodied in a computer readable medium for monitoring utility consumption information, the computer program comprising:
- logic configured to receive a message communicated over a wide area network from a gateway transceiver coupled to the wide area network, the gateway transceiver being configured to receive a wireless transmission containing the utility consumption information from a wireless transceiver coupled to a utility meter, wherein the wireless transmission may be repeated by one or more additional wireless transceivers coupled to a utility meter and one or more wireless transceivers not coupled to a utility meter;
- logic configured to provide a user interface to a user to display utility consumption information, wherein the utility consumption information characterizes consumption related to an identified utility meter;
- logic configured to segment the utility consumption information;
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- logic configured to display the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.