Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Electrical signal parameter measurement system
Patent
1997-02-28
1999-04-27
Barlow, John
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Electrical signal parameter measurement system
3952005, G06F 17640
Patent
active
058976078
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for measuring use of a commodity and for transmitting the measurement over a global computer information network to a remote location. The apparatus comprises a data acquisition and reporting device and an automatic meter reading device operatively arranged to measure use of a commodity and transmit the measurement over a global information network to the data acquisition and reporting device.
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Ferguson Richard D.
Jenney William P.
Potaczala Carl A.
Szydlowski Lawrence G.
Barlow John
Jenney Systems Associates, Ltd.
Miller Craig Steven
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