Patent ID: 8326892
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G01D,G06F,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of converting numerical infrastructure data relating to a utility monitoring system having elements arranged in a hierarchy to a graphic compatible storage data format, the method comprising: automatically learning a hierarchy of a plurality of monitoring devices in a utility monitoring system; storing a representation of the hierarchy as numerical infrastructure data indicating a hierarchical arrangement of the monitoring devices in the hierarchy and their relationships to one another, each of the monitoring devices monitoring a characteristic of a utility of the utility monitoring system; obtaining the numerical infrastructure data; automatically converting the numerical infrastructure data relating to the elements of the utility monitoring system to the graphic compatible storage data format that, when displayed as a display graphic on a video display, presents the hierarchical layout of the monitoring devices in the hierarchy and how the monitoring devices are linked together within the hierarchy based on the numerical infrastructure data; storing the converted data in a storage file; and