Patent ID: 8234017

Claim:
An electric smart meter enabling demand response, the meter comprising: a memory for storing a power rate system, metered data, monitored data and a power control program of a subscriber; one or more integrated monitoring modules for performing detection of various electric failures, automatic reading of the metered data, detection of facilities status, and control of loads and electric home appliances; a high-level communication module for either transmitting the metered data and the monitored data obtained from an automatic meter reader (AMR) and the one or more integrated monitoring modules to a master server or receiving a control command from the one or more integrated monitoring modules as transmitted by the master server; and a first microprocessor for transmitting a power control command to the one or more integrated monitoring modules in response to the power control program, the power control program being based on the power rate system, and transmitting the metered data and the monitored data stored in the memory via the high-level communication module, wherein the high-level communication module performs two-way communication with the master server for remote metering, remote control and demand response with the one or more integrated monitoring modules.