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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1986
Shiv P Verma, Cedar Knolls, NJ (US);
K S Lin, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Net Laboratories, Inc., Iselin, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically collecting and storing utility data and transmitting the stored data from the user premises to a remote location. The system comprises interface means for converting the utility usage data into data signals that can be recorded and a microprocessor for storing the utility information and controlling the transmission of the information from the user premises to the central location. The system is provided with the controls to insure that power is used only when system functions are necessary and controls are provided to insure that delivery of information can be obtained by transmission from the user premises to the utility by initiation of a telephone call from the user premises only at pre-determined times or from the remote collection area also at pre-determined times without interferring with the users use of the conventional telephone line.