Patent ID: 8810429

Claim:
A computerized system comprising: at least one intermediate node, wherein said at least one intermediate node is connected to a plurality of sensors operable to monitor usage of a resource, wherein said at least one intermediate node is connected to an operator node; wherein said at least one intermediate node comprises: a receiver configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors, wherein the data is indicative of usage of the resource during a timeframe, wherein the data received from the plurality of sensors comprises a list of a predetermined number of values of monitored resource consumption values; a forecasting module configured to determine an expected value associated with a sensor of the plurality of sensors in the timeframe, wherein the expected data is based on past data; a transmitter configured to send towards the operator node a portion of the data, wherein the portion of the data consists of data received by said receiver which is substantially different than the expected value determined by said forecasting module; and whereby said at least one intermediate node is operable to transmit a subset of the data sent by the plurality of sensors.