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NETWORKED DEVICES FOR MONITORING UTILITY USAGE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

  • US 20120079096A1
  • Filed: 09/29/2010
  • Published: 03/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing information in a utility monitoring system, the utility monitoring system including a host computer and an array of monitoring devices operatively coupled together on a peer-to-peer network, the array of monitoring devices including at least a first monitoring device with a first memory and a second monitoring device with a second memory, the first and second monitoring devices each being configured to receive data, convert measurements of a characteristic of a utility into corresponding data, and transmit data, the method comprising:

  • storing data received by the first monitoring device in the first memory;

    storing data received by the second monitoring device in the second memory;

    responsive to the first memory being below a first threshold storage capacity, transferring at least some of the data received by the second monitoring device to the first monitoring device; and

    storing the transferred data in the first memory.

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