Patent ID: 7262709

Claim:
A method for configuring a set of devices associated with a configuration program, the set including at least one device, the method comprising: storing a list that identifies a plurality of registered configuration programs and, for each registered configuration program, a set of devices associated with the registered configuration program; receiving a program update command that specifies the configuration program to be updated without specifying the set of devices associated with the configuration program; identifying the set of devices associated with the configuration program by referencing the stored list; for each device in the set of devices: sending a first portion of the configuration program corresponding to weekday time of use information to the device during a first meter read; sending a second portion of the configuration program corresponding to weekend time of use information to the device during the first meter read; determining after the first meter read whether the device has failed to receive any portion of the configuration program; and resending each non-received portion of the configuration program to the device during a second meter read.