Patent ID: 7085824
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G01D,G01R,G06F,H04L,Y02B,Y04S,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of modifying the operation of an intelligent electronic device installed in the field, the method comprising: operating the intelligent electronic device with a software configuration to monitor electrical energy; accessing a datafile of the intelligent electronic device with a virtual meter site via a network, wherein the datafile is stored external to the intelligent electronic device; verifying that a copy of the software configuration in the datafile matches the software configuration operable in the intelligent electron i.e. device; selecting modifications of the software configuration in the datafile with the virtual meter site; and revising the software configuration operable in the intelligent electronic device over the network with the virtual meter site as a function of the selected modifications of the software configuration in the datafile.