Web based monitoring, management and contest based on collected power consumption data
First Claim
1. A web based monitoring and management system comprising:
- an intelligent electricity meter electrically coupled to a plurality of appliances at a first premises, the intelligent electricity meter providing efficient billing display and tracking of time-based usage of electric power by the plurality of appliances;
the intelligent electricity meter tracking a user'"'"'s power usage information for each of the plurality of appliances, and reporting it to a server;
a contest management component at the server tracking the user'"'"'s power usage information, recommending ways to reduce energy consumption by the user, and mapping reduced energy consumption to money saved; and
the contest management component determining the user as a winner of an energy saving contest based on tracking of the user'"'"'s power usage information and money saved.
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Abstract
A web based monitoring and management system for collection and distribution of power consumption information. The power consumption information is collected by an intelligent power meter in one embodiment, and by a collector device in another. The power consumption information is communicated to a remote server for analysis, reporting and managing a power savings/green energy contest. The collector device or the intelligent power meter receives monitoring data from a number of electrical appliances with which it is communicatively coupled. Communication between the collector device that receives monitoring data from a number of electrical appliances and the monitoring devices occurs over a power line.
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20 Claims
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1. A web based monitoring and management system comprising:
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an intelligent electricity meter electrically coupled to a plurality of appliances at a first premises, the intelligent electricity meter providing efficient billing display and tracking of time-based usage of electric power by the plurality of appliances; the intelligent electricity meter tracking a user'"'"'s power usage information for each of the plurality of appliances, and reporting it to a server; a contest management component at the server tracking the user'"'"'s power usage information, recommending ways to reduce energy consumption by the user, and mapping reduced energy consumption to money saved; and the contest management component determining the user as a winner of an energy saving contest based on tracking of the user'"'"'s power usage information and money saved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A monitoring system that monitors appliances, the monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of monitoring devices, each of the plurality of monitoring devices capable of being used to monitor at least one of a plurality of appliances that are electrically coupled to it; a data collector device communicatively coupled to and interacting with the plurality of monitoring devices; and the data collector device communicating commands to the plurality of monitoring devices and monitoring the power consumption of the plurality of appliances. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of operating a monitoring system that monitors power consumption by appliances, the method comprising:
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providing efficient billing display and tracking of a user'"'"'s power usage information by an intelligent electricity meter electrically coupled to a plurality of appliances at a first premises; tracking, by the intelligent electricity meter, a user'"'"'s power usage information and mapping it to each of the plurality of appliances; reporting the user'"'"'s power usage information to a server by the intelligent electricity meter; recommending, by the server, ways to reduce energy consumption by the user and mapping reduced energy consumption to money saved; managing an energy saving contest, by the server; and determining the user as a winner of the energy saving contest based on tracked power usage information of the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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