Patent ID: 7860966

Claim:
A system for use with electric equipment, the system comprising: a housing; a first input/output (I/O) device configured to couple to the electric equipment; a monitor coupled to the first I/O device and configured to determine information regarding the electric equipment; a second I/O device configured to communicate with remote computer via a communication network, the monitor being configured to provide the information regarding the electric equipment to the communication network via the second I/O device; a memory that stores a computer-executable program configured to be executed by the remote computer to provide a computer interface for providing indicia of the information regarding the electric equipment, the computer interface being in a format that is distinct from a network browser format; and an interface-provisioning device coupled to the memory and the second I/O device and configured to convey the computer-executable program toward the remote computer via the second input/output device and the communication network; wherein each of the first and second I/O devices, the monitor, the memory, and the interface-provisioning device are disposed at least partially in the housing.