Method and system for remotely monitoring meters

摘要

The invention concerns a method and system for remote monitoring of a current value displayed by a display (D) of a meter (1) consisting in: taking a picture (P) of said display with a camera equipping a portable communication device (2); sending said picture through the portable communication device and associated network or transferable storage device; collecting and storing at least said picture in a remote computerized datastore (6) communicating with a server (5); storing in said datastore information on the location from which the portable device has sent the picture. <IMAGE>