SERVER AND METHOD FOR ENERGY RESOURCE MONITORING AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230041420A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17878215

    申请日:2022-08-01

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    摘要: A system for resource monitoring and engagement, the system comprising: a server, coupled to an internet, comprising: a meter reading processor, configured to communicate with a resource monitor that is disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and current readings, where the resource monitor: determines whether the radio signals are of a fixed frequency or frequency hopping transmission protocol by scanning each of a plurality of channels for a time period and counting hits of desired meter identifiers within the each of the plurality of channels; decodes the radio signals according to a determined transmission protocol to obtain corresponding meter identifiers and readings; and transmits the corresponding meter identifiers and readings over the internet, and where the meter reading processor creates and updates a corresponding plurality of records in a resource database that indicate resource consumption of corresponding facilities; and an engagement processor, that causes an alert to be transmitted based on analyses of the resource consumption to provide notification of an unusual pattern of resource consumption.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANTANEOUS ENERGY RESOURCE USE MONITORING AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20200288220A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16812666

    申请日:2020-03-09

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    摘要: A system for resource monitoring includes: resource monitors, each disposed within radio range of corresponding resource meters that transmit corresponding radio signals indicative of corresponding meter identifiers and current readings, where the each of the resource monitors receive and decode one or more of the corresponding radio signals to obtain one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings, and where the each of the resource monitors transmit the one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings over the internet cloud; and a resource server, operatively coupled to the resource monitors via the internet cloud, configured to receive the one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings from the each of the resource monitors, and configured to employ the corresponding current readings to detect unusual patterns of resource consumption, and configured to send alerts corresponding to the unusual patterns of resource consumption.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND ALERT OF ENERGY RESOURCE OUTAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20230123451A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17973031

    申请日:2022-10-25

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    摘要: A system for alert of energy resource outages includes: a resource monitor, disposed within radio range of resource meters that each transmit corresponding radio signals indicative of corresponding meter identifiers and current readings, configured to: determine whether the corresponding radio signals are fixed frequency or frequency hopping by scanning frequency channels for a time period and counting hits of desired meter identifiers; decode each of the one or more of the corresponding radio signals of the resource meters according to determined protocol to obtain one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings; and transmit the one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings; and a server, configured to: receive the one or more of the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings; employ the corresponding meter identifiers and current readings to detect an outage; and transmit an alert that corresponds to the outage.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION AND ALERT OF ENERGY RESOURCE OUTAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20200284612A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16812791

    申请日:2020-03-09

    申请人: COPPER LABS, INC.

    IPC分类号: G01D4/00 H04W4/021 H04W4/029

    摘要: A system that detects energy resource outages includes: resource monitors, each disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit corresponding radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and current readings, where the resource monitors are configured to receive and decode the radio signals to obtain one or more of the meter identifiers and current readings, and where the each of the resource monitors transmits the one or more of the meter identifiers and current readings over the internet cloud; and a resource server, operatively coupled to the resource monitors via the internet cloud, configured to receive the one or more meter identifiers and current readings from the resource monitors, and configured to employ the current readings to detect an outage within a geographic area, and configured to send alerts to a resource provider that correspond to the outage.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLE RECEPTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS RADIO SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240333798A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18623961

    申请日:2024-04-01

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04L67/12 H04B1/16 H04L49/25

    CPC分类号: H04L67/12 H04L49/252 H04B1/16

    摘要: A system for reception of radio transmissions includes: a collector, coupled to a plurality of transmitters via a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) links. The collector has a channelizer chain that receives an RF signal stream comprising broadcasts from the plurality of transmitters according to one or more known packet transmission protocols, converts the RF signal stream into digital bit streams that each correspond to a corresponding frequency channel. The collector also has a plurality of packet receivers that comport with a number of frequency channels provided by the channelizer chain and that are coupled in parallel to the channelizer chain. Each of the receivers processes more than one sample within each bit of a corresponding digital bit stream to detect, demodulate, and decode bits of the corresponding digital bit stream into packet payloads. The collector validates the packet payloads and forwards the packet payloads to one or more entities. A configuration processor enable and disables selected channels to comport with location.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY RESOURCE MONITORING AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220377438A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17878202

    申请日:2022-08-01

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    摘要: A system for resource monitoring and engagement, the system comprising: a resource monitor, disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and readings, the resource monitor configured to: determine whether the radio signals are of a fixed frequency or frequency hopping transmission protocol by scanning each of a plurality of channels for a time period and counting hits of desired meter identifiers within the each of the plurality of channels; decode the radio signals according to a determined transmission protocol to obtain corresponding meter identifiers and readings; and transmit the corresponding meter identifiers and readings over an Internet; and a server, configured to: receive the corresponding meter identifiers and readings; employ the meter identifiers and readings to detect an unusual pattern of resource consumption; and send an alert that corresponds to the unusual pattern of resource consumption.

    Method and apparatus for detection and alert of energy resource outages

    公开(公告)号:US11493360B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16812791

    申请日:2020-03-09

    申请人: COPPER LABS, INC.

    IPC分类号: G01D4/00 H04W4/029 H04W4/021

    摘要: A system that detects energy resource outages includes: resource monitors, each disposed within radio range of resource meters that transmit corresponding radio signals indicative of meter identifiers and current readings, where the resource monitors are configured to receive and decode the radio signals to obtain one or more of the meter identifiers and current readings, and where the each of the resource monitors transmits the one or more of the meter identifiers and current readings over the internet cloud; and a resource server, operatively coupled to the resource monitors via the internet cloud, configured to receive the one or more meter identifiers and current readings from the resource monitors, and configured to employ the current readings to detect an outage within a geographic area, and configured to send alerts to a resource provider that correspond to the outage.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING AUTOMATIC METER READING SIGNALS TO INSTANTANEOUS METER READINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20200288222A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16812749

    申请日:2020-03-09

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    摘要: A resource monitor for monitoring consumption of a resource includes: a commissioning processor, configured to pair with a client device via a Bluetooth link, and configured to receive WIFI network credentials from the client device, and configured to transmit the credentials to commission the resource monitor onto the WIFI network, and configured to initiate communications with a resource server over the internet cloud; and a meter reading processor, that receives meter identifiers from the resource server via the internet cloud for resource meters within radio range, and that tunes a meter receiver to narrowband frequency channels to detect and decode radio signals transmitted by resource meters to extract the meter identifiers along with corresponding meter readings, and that periodically transmits the meter identifiers along with the corresponding meter readings to the resource server over the internet cloud.

    MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEPTION OF ASYNCHRONOUS RADIO SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240334092A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18623942

    申请日:2024-04-01

    申请人: Copper Labs, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04Q9/00

    CPC分类号: H04Q9/00

    摘要: A system for reception of radio transmissions includes: a collector, coupled to a plurality of transmitters via a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) links. The collector has a plurality of channelizer chains that each receives an RF signal stream comprising broadcasts from the plurality of transmitters according to one or more known packet transmission protocols, converts the RF signal stream into digital bit streams that each correspond to a corresponding frequency channel. A channel combiner within the collector combines corresponding ones of the digital bit streams to generate combined digital bit streams The collector also has a plurality of packet receivers that comport with a number of frequency channels provided by the channelizer chain and that are coupled in parallel to the channelizer chain. Each of the receivers processes more than one sample within each bit of a corresponding combined digital bit stream to detect, demodulate, and decode bits of the corresponding combined digital bit stream into packet payloads.