System and method for remote asset management
First Claim
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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Abstract
A remote asset management system comprising a network of programmable wireless modules, each having an antenna and an identification module and configured to communicate via a radio communication protocol. The system further includes a plurality of assets each linked to one of the programmable wireless modules and configured to be managed by the linked programmable wireless module. A remote system server service platform is configured to receive remote asset data from at least one of the programmable wireless modules, pass the remote asset data to and from the wireless modules, send messages to at least one of the programmable wireless modules, monitor the programmable wireless modules by requesting and receiving current mode information, and remotely program the programmable wireless modules. A data processing module located within the at least one programmable wireless module and configured to process messages received by the programmable wireless module, authenticate said message, analyze authenticated messages, and carry out asset management instructions included in the message.
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32 Claims
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1. A remote asset management system for individually managing a plurality of utility meters comprising:
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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 wherein each of said wireless modules is integrated with a utility meter by means of said interface, and each of said wireless modules processing data received from its integrated utility meter and transmitting the processed data to said radio network service platform, wherein each of said wireless modules further configured to process said data and generate one or more messages, wherein said one or more messages comprising data collected by said utility meter, and said 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, and said 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, wherein said radio service platform, being a dedicated network server or an internet-based server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A remote asset management method for individually managing a plurality of utility meters comprising the steps of:
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programming a radio network service platform wherein said radio service platform, being a dedicated network server or an internet-based server, with a software application for managing and processing data messages received from one or more wireless modules, and for generating one or more data messages in response to the one or more data messages received, and for transmitting a response back to each of said one or more wireless modules that transmitted a message; integrating a wireless module with each of said utility meters by means of an interface wherein each of said wireless modules having a radio transmitter, a radio receiver, a memory, a data processor, a power supply, and an identification module; and processing data received from its integrated utility meter by each of said wireless modules, processing said data for generating one or more messages by each of said wireless modules wherein said one or more messages comprising data collected by said utility meter, and said 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; and transmitting the processed data through a radio network to said radio network service platform. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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