User interface for monitoring remote devices
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1. A system for monitoring utility consumption information, the system comprising:
- a plurality of wireless transceivers dispersed geographically and coupled to a utility meter, each transceiver configured to receive utility consumption information transmitted from a nearby transceiver and further configured to retransmit the utility consumption information;
a gateway transceiver coupled to a wide area network and configured to receive the utility consumption information and transmit a message containing the utility consumption information over the wide area network;
a memory to store utility consumption information received over wide area network; and
a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface that presents the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring utility consumption information, the system including a memory to store utility consumption information and a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface to enable an user to view the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion.
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1. A system for monitoring utility consumption information, the system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless transceivers dispersed geographically and coupled to a utility meter, each transceiver configured to receive utility consumption information transmitted from a nearby transceiver and further configured to retransmit the utility consumption information;
a gateway transceiver coupled to a wide area network and configured to receive the utility consumption information and transmit a message containing the utility consumption information over the wide area network;
a memory to store utility consumption information received over wide area network; and
a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface that presents the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for presenting utility consumption information, the method comprising:
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receiving a message communicated over a wide area network from a gateway transceiver coupled to the wide area network, the gateway transceiver being configured to receive a wireless transmission containing the utility consumption information from a wireless transceiver coupled to a utility meter, wherein the wireless transmission may be repeated by one or more additional wireless transceivers coupled to a utility meter and one or more wireless transceivers not coupled to a utility meter;
providing a user interface to a user to display the utility consumption information, wherein the utility consumption information characterizes consumption related to an identified utility meter;
segmenting the utility consumption information; and
displaying the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program embodied in a computer readable medium for monitoring utility consumption information, the computer program comprising:
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logic configured to receive a message communicated over a wide area network from a gateway transceiver coupled to the wide area network, the gateway transceiver being configured to receive a wireless transmission containing the utility consumption information from a wireless transceiver coupled to a utility meter, wherein the wireless transmission may be repeated by one or more additional wireless transceivers coupled to a utility meter and one or more wireless transceivers not coupled to a utility meter;
logic configured to provide a user interface to a user to display utility consumption information, wherein the utility consumption information characterizes consumption related to an identified utility meter;
logic configured to segment the utility consumption information; and
logic configured to display the utility consumption information in a time-segmented fashion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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