Communications Process and System Associated with Monitoring and Controlling Resource Consumption
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1. A method executed by a concentrator connected between a plurality of remote units and a management server, the method including:
- (i) receiving and storing properties data associated with a remote unit including a microengine and a meter for measuring usage of a resource at a customer'"'"'s premises, the properties data representing a profile of the remote unit;
(ii) receiving message data representing a request associated with the remote unit from the management server;
(iii) generating response data representing a response to the request based on the message data and the stored properties data; and
(iv) sending the response data to one of the remote unit and the management server, as determined by the request based on the message data.
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Abstract
A method executed by a concentrator connected between a plurality of remote units and a management server, the method including:
- (i) receiving and storing properties data associated with a remote unit including a microengine and a meter for measuring usage of a resource at a customer'"'"'s premises, the properties data representing a profile of the remote unit;
- (ii) receiving message data representing a request associated with the remote unit from the management server;
- (iii) generating response data representing a response to the request based on the message data and the stored properties data; and
- (iv) sending the response data to one of the remote unit and the management server, as determined by the request based on the message data.
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1. A method executed by a concentrator connected between a plurality of remote units and a management server, the method including:
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(i) receiving and storing properties data associated with a remote unit including a microengine and a meter for measuring usage of a resource at a customer'"'"'s premises, the properties data representing a profile of the remote unit; (ii) receiving message data representing a request associated with the remote unit from the management server; (iii) generating response data representing a response to the request based on the message data and the stored properties data; and (iv) sending the response data to one of the remote unit and the management server, as determined by the request based on the message data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21)
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11. A communications system for controlling and interrogating a network of distributed remote units including:
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a network management server for requesting and serving data associated with the remote units; concentrators for communicating with the network management server and communicating with respective remote units using respective communications protocols based on properties data maintained at the concentrators representing state and communications parameters associated with each remote unit; and remote units for serving properties data and message data to a concentrator and receiving data, including application files and service level data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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