Patent ID: 9565089
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for gathering information regarding usage of a resource from at least one of a plurality of measuring nodes operatively coupled to a controller through a communication network, wherein said measuring node includes at least one sensor and a node processor operatively coupled to said sensor, and said controller includes a controller processor, comprising: predicting a first estimated resource usage associated with said at least one sensor with said node processor, wherein said node processor uses a predictor algorithm and a first dataset regarding said resource usage to predict said first estimate resource usage; predicting a second estimated resource usage with said controller processor, wherein said controller processor uses said predictor algorithm and a second dataset, which is the same as said first dataset, to arrive at said second estimated resource usage, wherein said first and second estimated resource usages are the same; measuring resource usage, to which said first and second estimated resource usages apply, with said sensor; calculating a difference between said first estimated resource usage and said measured resource usage using said node processor; and a) if said difference falls outside of a bound, communicating said measured resource usage to said controller, adjusting said first dataset with said node processor for making further predictions of said first estimated resource usage and adjusting said second dataset with said controller processor for making further predictions of said second estimated resource usage, such that said second dataset remains the same as said first dataset, and b) if said difference remains within said bound, said measuring node refrains from communicating said measured resource usage to said controller.