Patent ID: 6965319

Claim:
A system for managing utility meters via internet, said system comprising: a) a central station able to communicate over the internet, said central station including an intelligent agent; and b) a meter positioned at a remote location for monitoring a utility supply to the remote location, said meter including a communication device connectable to the internet, wherein said intelligent agent able to autonomously acquire meter data from said meter over the internet thereby allowing said central station to determine an amount of usage of the utility, wherein said meter includes at least one of a power meter, a water meter and a gas meter, said intelligent agent acquiring data from any combination of said power meter, water meter and gas meter; said power meter, water meter and gas meter each have a unique Universal Resource Locator; said central station also includes a load forecasting agent able to predict an amount of power used at said remote location based upon data acquired by said intelligent agent; said intelligent agent and said load forecasting agent are able to optimize operation of said meter and supply of a utility to the remote location via said meter; said intelligent agent and said load forecasting agent are able to predict utility requirements under multiple future time horizons; said multiple future time horizons are from 1 hour to 5 days at any desired time interval; and said central station includes means for adjusting parameters used by said load forecasting agent thereby increasing a speed of operation and increasing prediction accuracy of said load forecaster.