HWM-Water Assigned Patent

HWM-Water Ltd., Cwmbran, Great Britain, has been assigned a patent (11,012,509) developed by Fisher, Simon James, Cwmbran, Great Britain, for a “cloud computing server interface.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A cloud computing server interface is described, the cloud computing server interface arranged to provide a platform for transferring data from, and updating the status of field devices for use in utilities monitoring. A cloud computing server interface comprising, a first data processing element arranged to communicate with a remote device having a remote device status, a first storage device having a first storage device status, and a second data processing element arranged to communicate with a second storage device having a second storage device status, wherein the first storage device is arranged to communicate with the first and second data processing elements, wherein the first data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from a remote device to the first storage device, wherein the second data processing element is arranged to control data transfer from the first storage device to a second storage device, wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device is dependent upon a second storage device status, wherein data transfer from the second data processing element to a second storage device comprises utilities management data. The invention aims to achieve a simple, reconfigurable platform for updating the status of field devices, while enabling more efficient use of power for extending battery life.”

The patent application was filed on September 30, 2019 (Appl. No.16/587,432).