Intelligent electronic device having network access
First Claim
1. An electric power meter having an analog to digital converter coupled with a sensor operative to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output corresponding electrical signals, the analog to digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signals output by the sensor to corresponding digital signals and having a processor for processing at least one of the digital signals, comprising:
- a memory for storing network application protocol conversion algorithms; and
a network interface operative to implement a network communication protocol;
wherein said processor performs at least one power calculation and converts at least one of the digital signals and the power calculation to at least one network application protocol different from said network communication protocol using one of said network application protocol conversion algorithms, said at least one network application protocol provided through said network interface;
wherein said network application protocol is one of e-mail, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
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Abstract
An electric power meter is disclosed. The meter comprises means for digitally sampling voltage and current. The meter further comprises means for storing the digitally sampled voltage and current. The meter further comprises means for performing power calculations upon the digitally sampled voltage and current, and converting the calculations and the digitally sampled voltage and current into at least one network protocol. The meter further comprises means for interfacing with an external network. A system for modifying the functionality of the electric power meter is also disclosed.
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29 Claims
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1. An electric power meter having an analog to digital converter coupled with a sensor operative to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output corresponding electrical signals, the analog to digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signals output by the sensor to corresponding digital signals and having a processor for processing at least one of the digital signals, comprising:
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a memory for storing network application protocol conversion algorithms; and a network interface operative to implement a network communication protocol; wherein said processor performs at least one power calculation and converts at least one of the digital signals and the power calculation to at least one network application protocol different from said network communication protocol using one of said network application protocol conversion algorithms, said at least one network application protocol provided through said network interface; wherein said network application protocol is one of e-mail, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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6. An electric power meter having an analog to digital converter coupled with a sensor operative to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output corresponding electrical signals, the analog to digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signals output by the sensor to corresponding digital signals and having a processor for processing at least one of the digital signals, comprising:
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a memory for storing network application protocol conversion algorithms; and a network interface operative to implement a network communication protocol; wherein said processor performs at least one power calculation and converts at least one of the digital signals and the power calculation to at least one network application protocol different from said network communication protocol using one of said network application protocol conversion algorithms, said at least one network application protocol provided through said network interface; wherein a web server provides data to the network interface in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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28. An electric power meter having an analog to digital converter coupled with a sensor operative to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output corresponding electrical signals, the analog to digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signals output by the sensor to corresponding digital signals, comprising:
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a processor coupled to said analog to digital converter and configured to execute a plurality of different tasks related to said digital signals and running independently from one another in response to a plurality of concurrent requests submitted by multiple users; a memory coupled to said processor for storing network application protocol conversion algorithms; and a network interface operative to implement a network communications protocol and configured to simultaneously provide said multiple users each with a result of a respective one of said plurality of different tasks; wherein said processor performs at least one power calculation and converts at least one of the digital signals and the power calculation to at least one network application protocol different from said network communications protocol using one of said network application protocol conversion algorithms, said at least one network application protocol being provided through said network interface via said network communications protocol; wherein said network application protocol is one of e-mail, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
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29. An electric power meter having an analog to digital converter coupled with a sensor operative to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output corresponding electrical signals, the analog to digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signals output by the sensor to corresponding digital signals, comprising:
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a processor coupled to said analog to digital converter and configured to execute a plurality of different tasks related to said digital signals and running independently from one another in response to a plurality of concurrent requests submitted by multiple users; a memory coupled to said processor for storing network application protocol conversion algorithms; and a network interface operative to implement a network communications protocol and configured to simultaneously provide said multiple users each with a result of a respective one of said plurality of different tasks; wherein said processor performs at least one power calculation and converts at least one of the digital signals and the power calculation to at least one network application protocol different from said network communications protocol using one of said network application protocol conversion algorithms, said at least one network application protocol being provided through said network interface via said network communications protocol; wherein a web server provides data to the network interface in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.
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