Patent ID: 7315257

Claim:
A device for coupling to a meter measuring a quantity of delivered product, comprising: an interface module adapted to couple to the meter and to provide a first signal indicative of the measured quantity; a wireless transmitter, responsively coupled to the interface module and adapted to modulate and transmit the first signal as an RF signal at a transmission interval, at a power level no greater than 1 mW and at a frequency in an unlicensed frequency band, and further adapted to reduce interference in the unlicensed frequency band without requiring external polling and without the assistance of a wireless communications network; a profile module having a transceiver and a controller adapted to receive the first signal and to create and store usage profile data as a function of the measured quantity, wherein the usage profile data is generated at a profile data interval and is adapted to be obtained by a remote user via the transceiver; and an alarm system adapted to generate an alarm when the measured quantity exceeds a programmable threshold, wherein the threshold is adapted to be remotely established.