PROCESSING OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION DATA VIA MONITORING PHYSICALLY OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS OF AN EXISTING RESOURCE METER AND PROVISION OF FUNCTIONALITIES BASED ON PROCESSING OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION DATA

摘要

The present invention relates to devices, frameworks and methodologies configured to enable processing of resource consumption data via monitoring physically observable behaviors of an existing resource meter, and devices, frameworks and methodologies configured to enable provision of functionalities based on processing of resource consumption data. Some embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for application in the context of enabling real-time monitoring of meter data, for example electrical meters, and the provision of functionality of users based on processing of monitored data. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts.