Utility Equipment Monitoring and Reporting Systems and Methods

• US 20140317025A1
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Utility Sentry, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Utility Sentry, Inc.
• Inventors: Monagas, Guy R., Cribbet, Jason Lee, Monagas, Diana L., McDonald, Roger L., Schnorrenberg, Scott J., Holmes, Jason
• Application Number:
  US14/257,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/412
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

The present disclosure is an utility equipment monitoring and reporting system, that has a property comprising at least one utility and a third party data source coupled to the at least one utility that receives measurement data indicative of utility consumption. The system further has a data retrieval computing device that retrieves measurement data from the third party data source and transmits the measurement data to a server computing device via a network.

Claims

1. An energy equipment monitoring and reporting system, comprising:

a property comprising at least one utility;

a third party data source coupled to the at least one utility, the third party data source configured for receiving measurement data indicative of utility consumption; and

a data retrieval computing device configured to retrieve measurement data from the third party data source and transmit the measurement data to a server computing device via a network.

2. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 1, further comprising a client computing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device.

3. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 2, wherein the client computing device further comprises logic configured to display the measurement data to a display device.

4. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 3, wherein the logic is further configured to receive data indicative of a usage threshold from a user.

5. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 4, wherein the logic is further configured to transmit a notification if the measurement data meets or exceeds the usage threshold.

6. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of utilities wherein each utility is associated with a particular room of a facility.

7. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 6, wherein the logic is further configured to display receive measurement data for each of the plurality of utilities.

8. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 7, wherein the logic is further configured to display measurement data indicative of a the utility of one of the particular rooms based upon selection by a user.

9. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of properties wherein each of the properties comprises at least one utility.

10. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting system of claim 9, wherein the logic is further configured to display measurement data for at least one of the plurality of properties based upon a selection of one of the plurality of the properties by the user.

11. An energy equipment monitoring and reporting method, comprising:

providing a property comprising at least one utility;

receiving, by a third party data source, measurement data indicative of utility consumption; and

retrieving, by a data retrieval computing device, measurement data from the third party data source and transmit the measurement data to a server computing device via a network.

12. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting measurement data to a client computing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device.

13. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the measurement data to a display device of the client computing device.

14. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 13, further comprising receiving data indicative of a usage threshold from a user via the client computing device.

15. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting a notification if the measurement data meets or exceeds the usage threshold.

16. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 12, further comprising providing a plurality of utilities wherein each utility is associated with a particular room of a facility.

17. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 16, further comprising displaying received measurement data for each of the plurality of utilities.

18. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 17, further comprising displaying measurement data indicative of a utility of one of the particular rooms based upon selection by a user.

19. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 12, further comprising providing a plurality of properties wherein each of the properties comprises at least one utility.

20. The energy equipment monitoring and reporting method of claim 19, further comprising displaying measurement data for at least one of the plurality of properties based upon a selection of one of the plurality of the properties by the user.