GB2347770B - System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network - Google Patents

System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network

Info

Publication number
GB2347770B
GB2347770B GB0015013A GB0015013A GB2347770B GB 2347770 B GB2347770 B GB 2347770B GB 0015013 A GB0015013 A GB 0015013A GB 0015013 A GB0015013 A GB 0015013A GB 2347770 B GB2347770 B GB 2347770B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
financial data
network address
message
power distribution
distribution network
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0015013A
Other versions
GB2347770A (en
GB0015013D0 (en
Inventor
Keith Manson
Kevin John Best
Anthony Robin Pittwood
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
COMNET TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
ELECTRICITY CORP OF NEW ZEALAN
POWERCO Ltd
Original Assignee
COMNET TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
ELECTRICITY CORP OF NEW ZEALAN
POWERCO Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by COMNET TECHNOLOGIES Ltd, ELECTRICITY CORP OF NEW ZEALAN, POWERCO Ltd filed Critical COMNET TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
Publication of GB0015013D0 publication Critical patent/GB0015013D0/en
Publication of GB2347770A publication Critical patent/GB2347770A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2347770B publication Critical patent/GB2347770B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
    • G07F7/1016—Devices or methods for securing the PIN and other transaction-data, e.g. by encryption
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/04—Billing or invoicing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F15/00—Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S50/00—Market activities related to the operation of systems integrating technologies related to power network operation or related to communication or information technologies
    • Y04S50/12—Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Development Economics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Economics (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Cable Transmission Systems, Equalization Of Radio And Reduction Of Echo (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Financial Or Insurance-Related Operations Such As Payment And Settlement (AREA)

Abstract

A system is provided for transferring financial data from a utility supplier to a number of remote devices belonging to at least one consumer. The system comprises a financial data memory in which is stored financial data relating to consumers of a utility supplier; a number of remote devices, each device further comprising a receiver having a network address in a radio network and a device memory; and a controller arranged to retrieve from the financial data memory financial data relating to a consumer and to transmit the financial data as a message over the radio network to the network address of at least one remote device. Each device is arranged to receive the message transmitted by the controller over the radio network and to store in the device memory the financial data in the message where the network address of the message matches the network address of the receiver. A method is also provided for transferring financial data from a utility supplier to a number of remote devices belonging to at least one consumer.
GB0015013A 1997-12-23 1998-12-23 System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network Expired - Fee Related GB2347770B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NZ32949097A NZ329490A (en) 1997-12-23 1997-12-23 Credit transfer system for a utility company to transfer data from supplier to consumers' meters
PCT/NZ1998/000190 WO1999031953A2 (en) 1997-12-23 1998-12-23 System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0015013D0 GB0015013D0 (en) 2000-08-09
GB2347770A GB2347770A (en) 2000-09-13
GB2347770B true GB2347770B (en) 2001-05-23

Family

ID=19926573

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0015013A Expired - Fee Related GB2347770B (en) 1997-12-23 1998-12-23 System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network

Country Status (4)

Country Link
AU (1) AU732852B2 (en)
GB (1) GB2347770B (en)
NZ (1) NZ329490A (en)
WO (1) WO1999031953A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0227428D0 (en) * 2002-11-25 2002-12-31 Edinburgh Comm Ltd Radio controlled prepayment system
MXNL05000026A (en) * 2005-03-11 2006-09-11 Salvador Rivera Programmable wireless switch.
EP2485198A1 (en) * 2011-02-03 2012-08-08 Itron GmbH Control of energy delivery

Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4235187A1 (en) * 1992-10-19 1994-04-21 Metrona Waermemesser Union Device for reading consumption values occurring in a building

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE423187C (en) * 1925-12-21 Wilhelm Streitz Apparatus, especially for examining grain or flour for water content, baking ability, etc., consisting of a container that can be heated from below with baking molds or dry cages that can be used in these
JP2842978B2 (en) * 1993-05-07 1999-01-06 ドコモエンジニアリング 株式会社 Automatic pager distribution system using personal computer communication network
JPH06351071A (en) * 1993-06-08 1994-12-22 Ricoh Elemex Corp Wireless meter inspection method

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4235187A1 (en) * 1992-10-19 1994-04-21 Metrona Waermemesser Union Device for reading consumption values occurring in a building

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
Derwent Abstract Accession No.95-072944/10, Class S02, JP 06-6351071 A *
Patent Abstracts of Japan JP 06-0318899 A *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU732852B2 (en) 2001-05-03
WO1999031953A2 (en) 1999-07-01
AU1893799A (en) 1999-07-12
GB2347770A (en) 2000-09-13
GB0015013D0 (en) 2000-08-09
NZ329490A (en) 2000-09-29
WO1999031953A3 (en) 1999-08-26

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US5493287A (en) Method of remotely reading a group of meters
US4937569A (en) Data communication system
TW345787B (en) Apparatus and method for combining high bandwidth and low bandwidth data transfer
TW327212B (en) Memory device with switching of data stream modes
IL107762A (en) Distributed database system and database receiver therefor
CA2306821A1 (en) System and method for communication between remote locations
RU2001131412A (en) A reception system, a battery charger, a portable terminal for exchanging information, as well as a transmission and reception system
JPH03501673A (en) communication network
AU2002361201A1 (en) System for the remote data acquisition and control of electric energy meters
EP0756805A1 (en) A method and apparatus having time dependent sleep modes
US20020090001A1 (en) Wireless communications hub with protocol conversion
TW327709B (en) Messaging system providing flexible roaming and method thereof
CN103299335A (en) Electricity control system
PL332425A1 (en) Wireless energy and data transmission toa modular peripheral system
WO1999008396A3 (en) Transponder for transmitting processed data to a base station over large distances and at a high data transfer rate
GB2347770B (en) System for credit transfer and load control in a power distribution network
WO1998041045A3 (en) Message transmission system, a method of operating the message transmission system, and a primary station therefor
EP1014644A3 (en) Distribution of error correction and compression processing
US6922614B2 (en) Energy management system using transmission by remote broadcasting, possibly direct
CN102098837B (en) Lighting control system
WO2004109429A3 (en) A method and apparatus for distributing information
JPH11298474A (en) Broad area data distribution system utilizing satellite
JP2002529040A (en) Arrangements and methods to match power grid power to actual peak loads.
JPS57162853A (en) Data transmission system
SE9501276D0 (en) Communication data switching device and communication system with such switching device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20031223