Patent ID: 8289182

Claim:
A method of virtual energy management display, comprising: periodically receiving, from an RF communication-enabled energy load management control device coupled to a smart meter network and a home area network, electronic data representing energy management-related information, by a radio frequency (RF) communication-enabled integrated circuit (IC) data storage card coupled to an electronic display device, the data storage card coupled to the home area network; periodically receiving electronic data representing telemetry information by the RF communication-enabled data storage card from the RF communication-enabled energy load management control device coupled to the home area network, wherein the telemetry information comprises; converting the received electronic data to a common format displayable on a screen associated with the display device by an application running at least in part on the data storage card; and displaying the converted energy management-related information and telemetry information on the screen associated with the display device by the application wherein the RF communication enabled energy load management control device comprises at least one of a smart meter and a smart thermostat, wherein the at least one of the smart meter and smart thermostat further comprises a card slot for receiving an RF communication-enabled integrated circuit (IC) data storage card.