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System using internet application for monitoring metering device and sharing metering information among departments

  • US 7,447,809 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2005
  • Issued: 11/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing metering information within an organization, comprising:

  • transmitting, using an Internet application-layer protocol, the metering information from a metering device automatically without receiving a request for the metering information, the metering information including at least a unique identifier of the metering device;

    receiving, by a remote computer via a firewall, the transmitted metering information;

    storing, by the remote computer, the received metering information into a database; and

    sharing the stored metering information in the database among a plurality of departments within the organization.

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