Information bridge between manufacturer server and monitoring device on a customer network
First Claim
1. A method for providing device information from a utility monitoring device to a server, the monitoring device being in communication with a computer over a private network, the computer further being in communication with the server over an external network, the computer including a memory, the method comprising:
- accessing, via the private network, a device web page stored on the monitoring device using a browser application operating on the computer, the monitoring device measuring a utility characteristic and storing data indicative of the utility characteristic on a memory of the monitoring device, the measured utility characteristic relating to water, air, gas, electricity, steam, or weather, wherein the private network is a secure private network and the monitoring device is isolated from the external network and the server;
in response to the device web page being accessed, automatically receiving a file at the computer from the monitoring device via the private network, the file including the device information, the device information including at least device model information identifying a model or type of the monitoring device;
storing the file in the memory of the computer;
accessing, via the external network, a server web page stored on the server using the browser application operating on the computer;
in response to the server web page being accessed, transmitting the file to the server; and
simultaneously displaying, by the browser application operating on the computer, information from the device web page stored on the monitoring device and information from the server web page stored on the server, the information from the device web page including a graphical representation of at least a portion of the data indicative of the utility characteristic.
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Abstract
A monitoring device is in communication with a computer, including a memory, over a first network. The computer is further in communication with a server over a second network. A method for providing device information from the monitoring device to the server includes accessing a device web page stored on the monitoring device using a browser application operating on the computer. The monitoring device measures a utility characteristic and stores data indicative of the utility characteristic on a memory. The method further includes receiving a file from the monitoring device, including the device information. The device information includes at least device model information that identifies a model or type of the monitoring device. The method further includes storing the file in the memory of the computer, accessing a server web page stored on the server using the browser application operating on the computer, and transmitting the file to the server.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for providing device information from a utility monitoring device to a server, the monitoring device being in communication with a computer over a private network, the computer further being in communication with the server over an external network, the computer including a memory, the method comprising:
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accessing, via the private network, a device web page stored on the monitoring device using a browser application operating on the computer, the monitoring device measuring a utility characteristic and storing data indicative of the utility characteristic on a memory of the monitoring device, the measured utility characteristic relating to water, air, gas, electricity, steam, or weather, wherein the private network is a secure private network and the monitoring device is isolated from the external network and the server; in response to the device web page being accessed, automatically receiving a file at the computer from the monitoring device via the private network, the file including the device information, the device information including at least device model information identifying a model or type of the monitoring device; storing the file in the memory of the computer; accessing, via the external network, a server web page stored on the server using the browser application operating on the computer; in response to the server web page being accessed, transmitting the file to the server; and simultaneously displaying, by the browser application operating on the computer, information from the device web page stored on the monitoring device and information from the server web page stored on the server, the information from the device web page including a graphical representation of at least a portion of the data indicative of the utility characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing device information from a utility monitoring device to a server, the monitoring device being in communication with a computer over a private network, the computer further being in communication with the server over an external network, the method comprising:
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accessing, via the private network, a device web page stored on the monitoring device using a browser application operating on the computer, the monitoring device measuring a utility characteristic and storing data indicative of the utility characteristic on a memory of the monitoring device, the measured utility characteristic relating to water, air, gas, electricity, steam, or weather, wherein the private network is a secure private network and the monitoring device is isolated from the external network and the server; in response to the device web page being accessed, automatically receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) at the computer from the monitoring device via the private network, the URL being associated with the server, the URL including a query string corresponding to the device information, the device information including at least device model information identifying the model or type of the monitoring device; accessing, via the external network, the server using the URL; and simultaneously displaying, by the browser application operating on the computer, information from the device web page stored on the monitoring device and information from a server web page stored on the server, the information from the device web page including a graphical representation of at least a portion of the data indicative of the utility characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for receiving device information from a utility monitoring device at a server, the monitoring device being in communication with a computer over a private network, the computer further being in communication with the server over an external network, the computer including a memory, the method comprising:
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accessing, via the private network, a device web page stored on the monitoring device using a browser application operating on the computer, the monitoring device measuring a utility characteristic and storing data indicative of the utility characteristic on a memory of the monitoring device, the measured utility characteristic relating to water, air, gas, electricity, steam, or weather, wherein the private network is a secure private network and the monitoring device is isolated from the external network and the server; forming the device information into a cookie file, the cookie file being transferable via the private network, and the device information including at least device model information identifying a model or type of the monitoring device, the monitoring device measuring a characteristic of a utility and storing data indicative of the characteristic in the memory of the monitoring device, the measured utility characteristic relating to water, air, gas, electricity, steam, or weather; transmitting, via the external network, the cookie file from the computer to the server; and simultaneously displaying, by the browser application operating on the computer, information from the device web page stored on the monitoring device and information from a server web page stored on the server, the information from the device web page including a graphical representation of at least a portion of the data indicative of the utility characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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