Patent ID: 8484137
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G06Q,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telemetry system for transmitting data related to operational conditions and utility usage between user locations and a centralized data collection facility, said system comprising: a plurality of endpoint devices associated with respective locations of utility usage, for transmitting utility usage data associated with its respective location; at least one telemetry device respectively associated with selected of said endpoint devices, for monitoring for preselected operational conditions at such telemetry device and transmitting data related thereto; a main communications network; at least one collector, for prioritization of said utility usage data and said operational conditions data and for communications with said endpoint and telemetry devices and said main communications network; and a head end processor for communications with said main communications network, such that utility usage data and operational conditions data are collected, prioritized for communication to said head end processor, and communicated to said head end processor by said collector via said main communications network.