User-installable power consumption monitoring system
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely monitoring power usage from a watt-hour meter or power meter. The system may include a sensor, sensor terminal, and data collection unit. The sensor may be disposed external from the power meter and be consumer installable in an unobstructive position for direct viewing of power meter registers. The sensor terminal may be coupled to the sensor and include a receiver and transmitter operable to receive and transmit information indicative of motion of a rotating disk in the power meter sensed by the sensor. A data collection unit in communication with the sensor terminal may include a display to display various information to the consumer, such as current bill and power network notification indicators. The data collection unit further may be communicate with a service center that performs power usage analysis to feedback to the data collection unit to display for the consumer.
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83 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A power usage monitor for displaying power usage information at an on-site location, said power usage monitor comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive data from a server associated with a power provider, the received data including at least one data element being indicative of status of a power network;
a display operable to display the at least one data element of the received data; and
a processor coupled to said receiver and said display, said processor having software executing thereon to;
receive the data from said receiver;
parse the data including the at least one data element being indicative of the status of the power network; and
communicate the at least one data element to said display to notify a user at the on-site location of the status of the power network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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23. A method for displaying power usage information to a consumer of an energy provider of a power network, said method comprising:
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receiving data from the energy provider, the data including at least one data element being indicative of a status of the power network;
parsing the data including the at least one data element being indicative of the status of the power network; and
displaying the at least one data element to notify the consumer of the status of the power network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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27. A power usage monitor for displaying power usage information to a consumer of an energy provider of a power network, said power usage monitor comprising:
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means for receiving data from the energy provider, the data including at least one data element being indicative of a status of the power network;
means for parsing the data including the at least one data element being indicative of the status of the power network status; and
means for displaying the at least one data element to notify the consumer of the status of the power network.
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28-75. -75. (canceled)
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