INTERFACING TO RESOURCE CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system that provides an interface in connection with management of resource consumption, comprising:
- a user interface associated with a hub configured to communicate with multiple resource consumption-related entities;
the hub, comprising;
a first communications component configured to communicatively couple to a resource metering device that monitors consumption of a resource at a premises or a predefined portion thereof; and
a second communications component configured to communicatively couple to a set of consumption endpoints that manage local consumption of the resource.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure provides a communications architecture for managing/relaying utility information, such as energy, water or gas information. In one aspect, the system includes a hub having a first communications interface for receiving consumption data of a predetermined energy load and a second communications interface for communicating with a metering device. The second communications interface is configured to transmit the consumption data to the metering device and to receive control signals from the metering device where the consumption data is communicated using a first protocol and wherein the control signals are communicated using a second protocol.
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36 Claims
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1. A system that provides an interface in connection with management of resource consumption, comprising:
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a user interface associated with a hub configured to communicate with multiple resource consumption-related entities; the hub, comprising; a first communications component configured to communicatively couple to a resource metering device that monitors consumption of a resource at a premises or a predefined portion thereof; and a second communications component configured to communicatively couple to a set of consumption endpoints that manage local consumption of the resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system that provides remote management of resource consumption, comprising:
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one or more temperature control unit (TCU) configured to control climate conditions associated with an interior environment; and one or more remote user interface physically remote from and communicatively coupled to the one or more TCU, and configured to control the one or more TCU based upon input received at the one or more remote user interface. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for interfacing to a communications hub for facilitating management of resource consumption, comprising:
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networking a resource metering device for monitoring aggregate consumption of a resource at a premises to a communications hub according to a network protocol supported by the resource metering device; networking at least one consumption endpoint for managing local consumption of the resource to the communications hub according to a network protocol supported by the at least one consumption endpoint; and employing a user interface for monitoring and controlling the communications hub. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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