Patent ID: 8429267

Claim:
A method of presenting structured information, via software gadgets, based on monitored data in a power monitoring system, comprising: exposing first monitored data to a network to produce, via a first web service, first structured data, the first monitored data being indicative of real-time values of a characteristic of a utility measured by a first intelligent electronic device (IED) in the power monitoring system, the first structured data representing the first monitored data in a structured format, the characteristic including current, voltage, or power, wherein the first web service converts the first monitored data into the first structured data; receiving, by a first of the software gadgets, the first structured data over the network; receiving, by a second of the software gadgets, second structured data from a network-accessible data storage service having a second web service that exposes second monitored data to produce the second structured data, the second monitored data being indicative of historical values of the characteristic of the utility measured by the first IED or a second IED in the power monitoring system and communicated by the first or the second IED to the network-accessible data storage service, the second structured data representing the second monitored data in the structured format; prior to receiving the second structured data, transmitting at least a portion of the second monitored data over the network and storing the at least a portion of the second monitored data in the network-accessible data storage service; manipulating, in the first software gadget, the first structured data and manipulating, in the second software gadget, the second structured data to produce structured information that is representative of a real-time summary based on the real-time values of the first monitored data and a historical summary based on the historical values of the second monitored data; communicating the structured information from the first and the second software gadgets to a web browser for display in a web page by the web browser, wherein the manipulating includes formatting the first monitored data and the second monitored data for display in a single web page by the web browser; presenting by the web browser the structured information via the first software gadget and via the second software gadget, wherein the first IED or the second IED is a power meter, and wherein the first or the second software gadget is hosted in a gateway operatively connected to the first IED or the second IED; and in response to adding a new IED to the power monitoring system, at least one of the first or the second the software gadgets automatically discovering the newly added IED.