Community resource management systems and methods
First Claim
1. A community system for management of a plurality of community assets of a community and of unit assets of each of a plurality of individual units of a community, the system comprisinga central control system in communication with each community asset for managing each community asset,each individual unit of the plurality of units of the community having a unit manager in communication with each unit asset for managing each unit asset,the central control system in communication with each unit manager for selective management of each unit asset by the central control system, anda network system providing for communications between the central control system and each unit manager and providing for communications between the central control system and each community asset.
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Abstract
Systems for management of community resources; in certain aspects community resources including community-wide resources and individual unit (home, business) resources of a plurality of individual units; management including real-time supervision, monitoring, adjusting, and control of any and all resources, control via network (wired or wireless).
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31 Claims
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1. A community system for management of a plurality of community assets of a community and of unit assets of each of a plurality of individual units of a community, the system comprising
a central control system in communication with each community asset for managing each community asset, each individual unit of the plurality of units of the community having a unit manager in communication with each unit asset for managing each unit asset, the central control system in communication with each unit manager for selective management of each unit asset by the central control system, and a network system providing for communications between the central control system and each unit manager and providing for communications between the central control system and each community asset.
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31. A system for management of a plurality of community assets of a community and of unit assets of each of a plurality of individual units of a community, the system comprising
a central control system in communication with each community asset for managing each community asset, each individual unit of the plurality of units of the community having a unit manager in communication with each unit asset for managing each unit asset, the central control system in communication with each unit manager for selective management of each unit asset by the central control system, a network system providing for communications between the central control system and each unit manager and providing for communications between the central control system and each community asset, wherein the community has community resources systems, the central control system manages the community resource systems, wherein the community resource systems include any of power generation system, water supply system, water treatment system, and water purification system, wherein the community assets include any of community lighting system, community facility, community pool, community recreation center, community security system, community alarm system, community heating system, community electrical power-consuming item, and community cooling system, wherein the unit assets include any of unit lighting system, unit security system, unit alarm system, unit pool, unit cooling system, unit heating system, and unit electrical power-consuming system, wherein managing of each community asset includes monitoring, controlling, adjusting and scheduling each community asset, wherein the network system is any of a public switched telephone network, an Internet protocol network, a wireless network, and a point-to-point radio system, the community resources including water resources, water meter apparatus for metering community water usage and for sending water meter signals indicative of said community water usage to the central control system, the central control system managing the water resources based on the water meter signals, wherein the community resources include electrical power resources, the community system further comprising electrical power meter apparatus for metering community electrical power usage and for sending electrical power meter signals indicative of said electrical power usage to the central control system, and the central control system managing the electrical power based on the electrical power meter signals.
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