Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, billing, and reporting data from intelligent electronic devices
First Claim
1. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and provide an output signal indicative of the measured at least one measured parameter;
at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal;
at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to implement a general purpose operating system;
a system architecture employing the general purpose operating system, the system architecture including a plurality of layers, each layer adding functionality to the layers below; and
a common data interface configured to provide the at least one measured parameter separately to each of a plurality of applications;
wherein the general purpose operating system is configured for executing the plurality of applications, each application configured to implement predetermined functionality based on the at least one measured parameter, wherein each of the applications is configured to execute independently of the other applications;
wherein the system architecture of the intelligent electronic device is different from a monolithic architecture; and
wherein one of the applications is a web server application configured to generate a web page including configuration settings of the intelligent electronic device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, billing and reporting data from intelligent electronic devices are provided. The intelligent electronic devices include at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and output a signal indicative of the measured at least one parameter; at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal; and at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to implement a general purpose operating system for executing at least two applications, each application configured to implement predetermined functionality based on the at least one parameter of the electrical distribution system, wherein each of the applications is independent of the other application. In one aspect, the intelligent electronic devices include a network discovery module configured to detect communication settings of a network.
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42 Claims
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1. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and provide an output signal indicative of the measured at least one measured parameter; at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal; at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to implement a general purpose operating system; a system architecture employing the general purpose operating system, the system architecture including a plurality of layers, each layer adding functionality to the layers below; and a common data interface configured to provide the at least one measured parameter separately to each of a plurality of applications; wherein the general purpose operating system is configured for executing the plurality of applications, each application configured to implement predetermined functionality based on the at least one measured parameter, wherein each of the applications is configured to execute independently of the other applications; wherein the system architecture of the intelligent electronic device is different from a monolithic architecture; and wherein one of the applications is a web server application configured to generate a web page including configuration settings of the intelligent electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and output a signal indicative of the at least one measured parameter; at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal; at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to determine energy parameters of the electrical distribution system based on the at least one measured parameter, the at least one processing device further configured to implement a general purpose operating system; a communication device configured to couple the intelligent electronic device to a network; and a network discovery module configured to automatically detect communication settings on both the intelligent electronic device and other devices on the network to eliminate the possibility of a user misconfiguring the communication settings; wherein, when the intelligent electronic device is started, the network discovery module sends a message to an external server via the communication device to register a predetermined network address of the intelligent electronic device, the registered network address thereby being available to at least one client via the external server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and provide an output signal indicative of the at least one measured parameter; at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal; at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to implement a general purpose operating system; and a system architecture employing the general purpose operating system, the system architecture including a plurality of layers, each layer adding functionality to the layers below, wherein the layers from lowest to highest include a hardware layer, a data collection layer, a driver layer, a kernel layer, an application layer, and a user interface layer; wherein the general purpose operating system is configured for executing a plurality of applications, each application configured to implement predetermined functionality based on the at least one measured parameter of the electrical distribution system, wherein each of the applications is configured to execute independently of the other applications; and wherein the system architecture of the intelligent electronic device is different from a monolithic architecture. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of an electrical distribution system and provide an output signal indicative of the at least one measured parameter; at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the output signal and convert the output signal to a digital signal; at least one processing device configured to execute a plurality of instructions to implement a general purpose operating system; a system architecture employing the general purpose operating system, the system architecture including a plurality of layers, each layer adding functionality to the other layers; a memory including a plurality of applications; and a common data interface including at least one driver configured to receive the at least one measured parameter, format the at least one measured parameter into a common data format for use by each of the plurality of applications in the memory and store the at least one measured, formatted parameter in the memory, wherein the at least one driver provides the at least one measured, formatted parameter separately to at least one of the plurality of applications in the memory; wherein the general purpose operating system is configured for executing the plurality of applications, at least one of the plurality of applications configured to implement predetermined functionality based on the at least one measured, formatted parameter, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications is configured to execute independently of the other applications. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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