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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170886 | Systems, methods, and apparatus to generate an energy consumption index Systems, methods, and apparatus to generate an energy consumption index are disclosed. In one described example, a method to generate an energy consumption index is disclosed, the method including measuring resources consumed at a home associated with a first person... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150725 | Method and system of multidimensional attribution analysis of telecommunication services distribution Embodiments are directed to a method, medium, and system for generating a distribution attribution value to analyze distribution of telecommunications services. The method including compiling values for at least three variable elements associated with the distributi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7996323 | Method and system for a service provider to control exposure to non-payment by a service consumer A dispute resolution system for requesting a service provider to provide services so that the service provider can demonstrate to a service intermediary that a service consumer requested services. A service consumer that wants to start requesting services of the ser... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983991 | Method for a unique certification process for the delivery of goods A method for a secure delivery of physical goods, involving associating a good unique identifier (GUID) to a package comprising the physical goods requested by a client, obtaining proof of identity parameters from a client associated with the transaction involving t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979356 | Method for paying invoices For an organization having a central station and a plurality of distributed outlets, each of the outlets having a cashier's terminal, each of the cashier's terminals coupled to a respective point-of-sale (POS) controller, a method of permitting a billee to pay an in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7840493 | Prepayment system for electric power meters using a contactless smart card with an automatic supply cut-off device The present invention refers to the use of a meter completely integrated on a single piece, totally covered and without contact with the exterior that incorporates a prepayment system and a more efficient method to control the electric energy supply and obtains exce... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7774282 | Methods, apparatus, and media for controlling supply of a utility service to a load Methods, apparatus, and media for controlling supply of a utility service to a load are disclosed. Generally, the embodiments may involve receiving representation of utility service supply to a load, receiving and storing in a computer data storage device a usage ra... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7747534 | Utility power meter, metering system and method An electrical utility meter system measures residential energy consumption and automatically communicates this information to a host computer via the Internet. The host computer can then be accessed by the end utility customer or other authorized entities. This Inte... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729993 | Methods, apparatus, media, and signals for billing utility usage Methods, apparatus, computer readable media, and signals for managing utility usage are disclosed. Generally, each involves receiving a representation of a utility service usage at a load, receiving and storing a usage range representation, and producing a control s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7711651 | Media and apparatus for controlling usage of utilities Media and apparatus for managing usage of utilities are disclosed. Generally, each involves receiving representation of utility service usage at a load, receiving and storing in a storage device a usage range representation comprising at least one expected value of ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7418428 | System and method for controlling delivering of a commodity A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control syste... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412304 | Power system for area containing a set of power consumers There is provided a power system for an area containing a set of power consumers which can be applied to a collective housing consisting of a single or more buildings and can prevent power supply stop of a supply line having a higher priority. The system includes: m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370206 | Self-signing electronic documents Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for performing digital signature operations on electronic content. An electronic document includes a digital signature module. The electronic document is accessed using a user applicati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363371 | Traffic flow management in a communications network Admission of rapidly varying traffic flows to a communications network is controlled by sampling the traffic flows each at an ingress, and sampling an aggregate flow of said flows at some or all of the resources used by the aggregate flow. From this sampling, a mean... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359769 | Wireless irrigation control device and related method An irrigation control device with a controller, antenna, power supply and battery charging device, such as a solar array, all contained within a housing, such as a rotor body. The controller receives signals through the antenna. The controller updates one or more wa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356824 | Shared services platform A shared services hub is provided that allows a software application that is related to a given postal product, to access, translate, and communicate information related to a second postal service or module. A customer accessing the Postal Service website for a part... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356357 | Passive display unit and system and method of use A device for displaying messages includes a passive display unit having a display screen, a receiver that receives downloaded information and a processor for processing and storing the downloaded information and providing control to the passive display unit. The dis... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336991 | Multi-channel biological signal telemetry systems A system for performing telemetry of multi-channel biological signals obtained from electrodes attached to a subject, is provided with a transmitter and a receiver. In the transmitter, a converter converts the multi-channel biological signals to digital data, and a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313381 | Sim based authentication as payment method in public ISP access networks The invention is a method and system for obtaining connection to a packet data network (14). The invention includes inputting a user request to a first network (10) which requests that the user (12) be authorized for connection to the packet dat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310672 | Method and system for exploiting service level objectives to enable resource sharing in a communication network having a plurality of application environments A method and system for resource sharing in a communication network supporting a plurality of application environments. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method ensuring only sufficient computational resources are used by a multi-comp... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290057 | Media streaming of web content data Methods for streaming web content data via a computer-readable medium. The web content data comprises one or more media samples. The media samples are encoded in a streaming media format as a web component stream. The web component stream is combined with other comp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280645 | Method of associating multiple prepaid cards with a single account A set of multiple prepaid calling cards that are associated with a single account is disclosed. A predetermined amount of minutes is associated with the set of cards. Cards within the set can be used simultaneously and extract minutes from the account in predetermin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275000 | Energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith An energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith allows an energy information service provider to measure energy usage at a customer location. The sub-measurement board is connected to an energy distribution panel located at the customer loca... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269652 | Algorithm for minimizing rebate value due to SLA breach in a utility computing environment The invention described is a new and useful process for minimizing the overall rebate a provider disburses to customers when a service level agreement (SLA) breach occurs in a utility computing environment. Specifically, the process compares performance data and res... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236956 | Role assignments in a cryptographic module for secure processing of value-bearing items An on-line value bearing item (VBI) printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database is disclosed. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing the USPS Information Based Indicia Program Postal Security Device Performan... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216108 | Transferable meter licenses using smartcard technology A metering system is provided including a smartcard reader and peripheral computer in communication with a metering apparatus. A smartcard with memory, microprocessor, and license counter may then be engaged with a smartcard reader in the metering system to effect m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209840 | Systems and methods for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption for an electric meter A system for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption is provided. In one embodiment the system may comprise electric meters, communication devices having a unique address and defining a wireless communication network, and a site controller. Each elect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197377 | Method of limiting brewer operation to authorized substances A method, apparatus and system for preventing unauthorized equipment usage that involves providing equipment, such as beverage making equipment, to a customer. Authorized product is provided to the customer in packaging that has a technological measure attached. The... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184751 | System for detecting, tracking, and translating changing identification codes Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus and methods for (1) detecting codes assigned to utility meters that have frequently changing codes and (2) translating codes between the central data acquisition system that contains a fixed identification code for each utilit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7167842 | Architecture and method for operational privacy in business services Consent-based application programming interfaces (APIs) are used to provide privacy access controls to operational systems for business services accomplished particularly in an electronic and/or networked environment. An API implementation device or host provides a ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152072 | Methods and apparatus for importing device data into a database system used in a process plant A system and a methodology creates a mapping of a set of import parameters specifying a device in a first set of import data to a set of output parameters specifying the device in a first database. Such a mapping includes receiving the set of import parameters from ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150000 | Component development with autonomous and compiled components to implement and consume services with components operate in edit and run mode An architecture for developing a distributed information system comprises a service definition tool for generating service protocols as a service definition. Each service protocol includes a plurality of messages. The messages include incoming messages and outgoing ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126493 | Utility meter with external signal-powered transceiver An arrangement for use in a utility meter includes a non-volatile memory and an RF transceiver. The non-volatile memory has a first and a second port, the first port configured to obtain commodity consumption data. The radio frequency (RF) transceiver is configured ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123588 | Decision support mechanisms for bandwidth commerce in communication networks A method is provided for a dynamic optimization of network resource allocation on the part of a network service provider. In particular, the method of the invention provides an analytical framework for a determination by network service providers of an optimal resou... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098783 | System and method for real time generating, presenting, displaying and paying utility bills online A system for continuously providing information on the internet of the usage of a utility commodity at a meter includes an internet site at which the usage of the utility commodity at the meter can be viewed and at which a utility company can post pricing informatio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082533 | Gauging risk in electronic communications regarding accounts in ABDS system A system for communicating electronically over a communications medium regarding an account includes (a) maintaining information pertaining to the account in a database such that the information is retrievable by a unique identifier, the information including securi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079831 | Method and apparatus for two-way communications amongst a plurality of communications devices In a security system, a method and apparatus for two-way frequency hopping communications between the control panel and each peripheral device which maintains channel synchronization through the assignment of fixed beacon frequencies for the transmission of synchron... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065409 | Device communications of an implantable medical device and an external system An implantable medical device, external unit, and method for establishing communication between them are disclosed. The external unit learns the frequencies of transmission and reception for the implant. The transmit frequency of the implant is learned by the extern... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053767 | System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices The present invention is generally directed to a system for monitoring a variety of environmental and/or other conditions within a defined remotely located region. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system is configured to monitor utility meters in a ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054770 | System and method for on-line monitoring and billing of power consumption The present invention comprises systems and methods related to monitoring of energy usage on a power line. In a preferred embodiment, this system comprises (a) an electronic microprocessor-controlled digital electricity metering device coupled to the power line and ... | 05/30/2006 |
