Restaurant Equipment Monitoring and Control System and Method
First Claim
1. An integrated restaurant equipment monitoring system comprisinga data management component communicatively linked to at least one energy-monitored restaurant device and configured to automatically receive energy use data pertaining to the energy-monitored restaurant device;
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the microprocessor programmed with instructionsto cause the display device to transmit an alert to a human user when the data management component receives an energy use value for the energy-monitored restaurant device that is higher than a target value, andto cause the display device to display one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the high energy use value.
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Abstract
An integrated system and method are provided for energy, state and operation monitoring and control of restaurant kitchen and non-kitchen/building equipment. The system includes sensors and other data transmitting equipment communicatively connected to a local server and a computing device via a router. The data transmission equipment and server preferably utilize power-line data transmission as well as wireless data transmission. A dashboard application of the system provides a user interface guiding user responses to energy, state, and operational/service alerts and enabling user-input scheduled control settings. The system may also provide automatic feedback control of restaurant equipment.
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30 Claims
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1. An integrated restaurant equipment monitoring system comprising
a data management component communicatively linked to at least one energy-monitored restaurant device and configured to automatically receive energy use data pertaining to the energy-monitored restaurant device; - and
the data management component including a display device communicatively linked to a microprocessor and a memory; the microprocessor programmed with instructions to cause the display device to transmit an alert to a human user when the data management component receives an energy use value for the energy-monitored restaurant device that is higher than a target value, and to cause the display device to display one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the high energy use value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An integrated restaurant equipment monitoring system comprising
a data management component communicatively linked to at least one state-monitored restaurant device and configured to automatically receive state data pertaining to the state-monitored restaurant device; - and
the data management component including a display device communicatively linked to a microprocessor and a memory; the microprocessor programmed with instructions to cause the display device to transmit an alert to a human user within a restaurant when the data management component receives an irregular state value for the state-monitored restaurant device, and to cause the display device to display one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the irregular state value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An integrated restaurant equipment monitoring and control system comprising
a data management component communicatively linked to a plurality of state-monitored restaurant devices and configured to automatically receive state data pertaining to at least one of the state-monitored restaurant devices; - and
the data management component including a microprocessor; the microprocessor programmed with instructions to determine whether an irregular state has been detected for any state-monitored restaurant device that is different from a target value or outside a target range of values, and to automatically initiate an action to cause the irregular state to return to the target value or range of values. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An integrated restaurant management method comprising
providing a data management component adapted to automatically receive energy use data from at least one energy-monitored device to which the data management component is communicatively connected, the data management component including a display device communicatively linked to a microprocessor and a memory, the microprocessor programmed with instructions to cause the display device to transmit an alert to a human user when the data management component receives an energy use value for the energy-monitored device that is higher than a target value, and to cause the display device to display one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the high energy use value; -
communicatively connecting the data management component to at least one energy-monitored restaurant device; and when the display device transmits an alert indicating a high energy use value for an energy-monitored restaurant device and displays one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the high energy use value, selecting and executing one or more of the suggested corrective actions. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An integrated restaurant management method comprising
providing a data management component communicatively linked to at least one state-monitored restaurant device and configured to automatically receive state data pertaining to the state-monitored restaurant device; - and
the data management component including a display device communicatively linked to a microprocessor and a memory; the microprocessor programmed with instructions to cause the display device to transmit an alert to a human user within a restaurant when the data management component receives an irregular state value for the state-monitored restaurant device, and to cause the display device to display one or more suggested corrective actions for responding to the irregular state value; and when the display device transmits an alert and displays one or more suggested corrective actions, executing one or more of the suggested corrective actions. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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