Patent ID: 9576472
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G08C

Claim:
1. A method, performed by a server computer, having a processor, for collecting and providing real-time updates of energy consumption to a user, the method comprising: receiving, from a client computer, a request to connect to an energy gateway device, the request comprising user credentials; determining, based on the user credentials, whether the client computer is authorized to connect to the energy gateway device; forwarding, by the server computer, to the energy gateway device, the request to connect to the energy gateway device; receiving, from the energy gateway device, an enumeration of monitored energy devices for which the energy gateway device is configured to collect energy data; receiving, from the client computer, a selection of monitored energy devices; receiving, from the energy gateway device, an indication of energy data for each of the selected monitored energy devices; for each of the selected monitored energy devices, generating, with the processor, at least one measure based on the received energy data sending, to the client computer, an indication of the generated at least one measure.