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System and method for remote asset management

  • US 8,180,336 B2
  • Filed: 06/05/2009
  • Issued: 05/15/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote asset management system for individually managing a plurality of utility meters comprising:

  • a radio network service platform; and

    one or more wireless modules each having a radio transmitter, a radio receiver, a memory, a data processor, a power supply, an identification module, and an interface, and whereineach of said wireless modules is integrated with a utility meter by means of said interface, andeach of said wireless modules processing data received from its integrated utility meter and transmitting the processed data to said radio network service platform, whereineach of said wireless modules further configured to process said data and generate one or more messages, whereinsaid one or more messages comprising data collected by said utility meter, andsaid one or more messages being SMS text messages or GPRS messages or packet data messages or IP data messages or picture messages or multimedia messages images (MMS), or graphic images and/or messages sent as data in a graphic form, andsaid radio network service platform, being programmed with a software application to manage and process the one or more data messages received from each of said one or more wireless modules, and to generate one or more data messages in response to the one or more data messages received, and to transmit a response back to each of said one or more wireless modules that transmitted a message, whereinsaid radio service platform, being a dedicated network server or an internet-based server.

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