ELECTRICAL AND / OR WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Abstract

The invention relates to a management system (1) for an electrical and / or water distribution network, said system (1) comprising at least: – a communicating terminal (3) configured to, on the one hand, be connected to an electrical distribution network (5) and / or to a water distribution network (7) and to regulate the distribution of electricity and / or water of said networks (5, 7); – a remote server (9) configured to communicate with said terminal (3) and to control the electrical and / or water distribution of the network (5 and / or 7) via said terminal (3); – a communicating portable individual device (11) configured to communicate with said terminal (3) and / or the remote server (9); said individual device (11) being configured to identify said terminal (3) and to trigger, via said remote server (9), the distribution of electricity and / or water by said terminal (3). Figure to be published with the abstract: [Fig. 1]

Description

Title of the invention: SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRICAL AND / OR WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

[0001] The technical context of the present invention relates to the field of management of an electrical distribution network and / or a water distribution network. More particularly, the invention aims to propose a system for regulating, or even authorizing or blocking, the distribution of water and / or electricity from the associated network according to predetermined conditions.

[0002] Indeed, many places, such as camping facilities (for example mobile homes, caravans, etc.), port facilities (for example a mooring location in a marina), or charging stations for electric cars, include water and / or electricity distribution networks to which users or occupants of said places can connect, in order to be able to use them.

[0003] However, once the user or occupant of the premises is connected to said distribution networks, the owner of the installations cannot regulate and control the user's consumption of water and / or electricity, whether this consumption is voluntary or not, for example due to a leak, an incorrect connection and / or a short circuit.

[0004] In addition, this consumption of water and / or electricity may be conditioned by the owner of the premises to the payment of a lump sum or a sum proportional to the user's consumption. Unfortunately, this consumption can only be verified after the fact, generally after the user has left, which can sometimes lead to disputes if the user has not paid all or part of his consumption.

[0005] It is therefore necessary to find a system for automatically regulating the electricity and / or water consumption of a third party connected to a water and / or electricity distribution network that does not belong to it, and for guaranteeing the correct payment for the quantities of water and / or electricity consumed.

[0006] The present invention thus proposes to remedy at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks by proposing a new type of system for managing an electrical and / or water distribution network, said system comprising at least: - a communicating terminal configured to, on the one hand, be connected to an electrical distribution network and / or to a water distribution network and regulate the distribution of electricity and / or water from said networks; - a remote server configured to communicate with said terminal and control the distribution of electricity and / or water from the network via said terminal; - an individual portable communicating device configured to communicate with said terminal and / or the remote server; said individual device being configured to identify said terminal and trigger, via said remote server, the distribution of electricity and / or water (from the associated network) by said terminal.

[0007] The system according to the invention thus comprises three elements, preferably capable of communicating with each other: - a terminal which is configured to be connected to an electrical distribution network, for example at a meter or an electrical outlet, and / or which is configured to be connected to a water distribution network, for example at the water meter or a water inlet, said terminal thus being configured to authorize or block the distribution of water and / or electricity downstream of said terminal; - a remote server, i.e. a computer server, communicating with said terminal and controlling its operation, and therefore making it possible to regulate the quantities of water and / or electricity delivered by the respective distribution networks; - an individual portable communicating device, such as a smartphone or a touchscreen tablet (for example having a dedicated application installed), allowing communication with the remote server to activate or block said terminal via said server, under certain conditions predetermined by the owner of the premises where the water and / or electricity distribution networks are installed.

[0008] The system according to the invention thus makes it possible to simply manage, in an automated and secure manner, the water and / or electricity consumption of a third party wishing to use the water and / or electricity distribution networks not belonging to them. In addition, the owner of a place equipped with water and / or electricity distribution networks wishing to regulate their distribution can simply use the system according to the invention by installing only one terminal of said system on said networks.

[0009] According to a possible characteristic, said terminal comprises a unique identifier, said portable individual communicating device being configured to identify said terminal, said identification of the terminal being carried out manually, by wireless communication and / or by reading a barcode associated with said terminal.

[0010] Advantageously, each terminal comprises a unique identifier which can be acquired by means of the portable individual device and then communicated to the remote server, so that the server activates (or controls) the appropriate terminal (i.e. authorizes or blocks the distribution of water and / or electricity).

[0011] It will be noted that the identification of said terminal can be carried out according to one or more of the following methods: - manual acquisition of the identifier, the user of said portable device reading the unique identifier written on the terminal and manually entering the identifier of the terminal via a human-machine interface of said portable device; - reading a barcode indicating the identifier of said terminal (barcode which can be affixed directly on said terminal or nearby), for example a one-dimensional barcode or a QR code, said reading being carried out by means of a camera and / or a camera of said portable communicating individual device; - by wireless communication between the portable device and said terminal, for example by Bluetooth, Wifi, etc., said terminal transmitting its unique identifier in response to a request sent by said portable device.

[0012] According to another possible characteristic, said terminal comprises an electric meter and / or a water meter. Advantageously, said terminal comprises devices making it possible to measure the time, the quantity of electricity distributed and / or the quantity of water distributed by the respective distribution networks, so that the server can order the distribution of a predetermined quantity of water and / or electricity, or even to authorize the distribution of water and / or electricity over a predetermined period of time.

[0013] According to another possible characteristic, the water meter of said terminal comprises a flow meter. The flow meter is a simple and inexpensive way to implement to measure the quantity of water distributed via said terminal, and easily form a water meter in association with a clock.

[0014] According to another possible characteristic, said device is configured to send, after identification of said terminal, a request for activation of distribution of water and / or electricity from said terminal to the remote server, remote server which receives said request from said device and consequently sends an activation request to said terminal.

[0015] It will be noted that the sending of a request for activation of a terminal by the portable device may be conditioned on the payment of a sum corresponding to a predefined duration, quantity of water, and / or quantity of electricity, or by the provision by the user of a valid means of payment, such as a credit card number. Thus, when a valid means of payment is stored in the remote server, the amount paid by the user is then proportional to his consumption of water and / or electricity, and / or to his duration of use of the water and / or electricity distribution networks.

[0016] According to another possible characteristic, said server is configured to send, prior to any request to activate said terminal, a request to verify the status of said identified terminal. Checking the status of a terminal thus makes it possible to avoid activating a terminal already used by a third party, activating a terminal whose distribution network is occupied or out of service, and / or checking that the said terminal is not out of service. It should be noted that said terminal can also include a battery, thus allowing it to be kept in service, even if the electricity distribution network becomes non-functional.

[0017] According to another possible characteristic, the terminal status verification request comprises one or more of the following information: terminal identifier, request for occupancy status, request for water distribution status, request for electricity distribution status, request for water meter value, request for electricity meter value, free programmed time slots, occupied programmed time slots, programmed communication frequency.

[0018] It will be noted that said terminal, in addition to communicating its identifier, the values of the electricity and / or water meters to calculate the quantities of water and / or electricity consumed, communicates the slots or time periods planned for which the terminal is used or available for use, as well as the frequency of communication between the remote server and said terminal, the frequency of communication depends for example on the free or occupied status of said terminal and / or the predetermined quantities of water and / or electricity to be distributed (for example over a defined time interval). The choice of the frequency of communication between the terminal and the server makes it possible to prevent the terminal from exceeding too significantly the predetermined quantities of water and / or electricity to be distributed, the server ordering the stopping of the distribution of water and / or electricity to said terminal once these quantities are reached.

[0019] Furthermore, in the usual manner, the terminal is configured to communicate its status to the server at least once per hour, when said terminal is not in use, and at higher communication frequencies when the terminal is occupied, the frequency being for example a function of the quantities of water and / or electricity to be delivered over a given time range.

[0020] According to another possible characteristic, said activation request sent by said server authorizes the terminal to allow the distribution of water and / or electricity according to a predetermined duration and / or a predetermined quantity of water and / or electricity.

[0021] According to another possible characteristic, the activation request sent by said server is a function of the response of said terminal to the verification request. The remote server will control the activation or not of the terminal according to the information received from said terminal, in particular its free or busy state, but also depending on the technical constraints linked to the water and / or electricity distribution networks, the quantities of water and / or electricity requested and / or the duration of use of the terminal.

[0022] According to another possible characteristic, said server comprises a database of one or more communicating terminals associated with the values of the electricity and / or water meters. Said database relating to said terminals may also include a geographical location of said terminals, such as GPS coordinates and / or an address, the name of the owner of the water and / or electricity distribution networks to which said terminal is connected, and / or the type of installation and / or the location of the installation, such as a home, a mobile home, a pontoon, etc.

[0023] According to another possible characteristic, said server comprises a database of customer accounts which rent one or more terminals, as well as a database of customer accounts which use said terminals.

[0024] According to another possible characteristic, the creation of a customer account is carried out via the individual portable communicating device. Advantageously, the creation of a customer account is done via an individual portable communicating device, for example through an application installed on a smartphone or a touchscreen tablet, said device being necessary for the identification and activation of a terminal (and therefore for the use of the system according to the invention).

[0025] According to another possible characteristic, said terminal, the individual portable communicating device and / or the remote server each comprise at least one communication module configured to communicate by radio waves, for example over a frequency range between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. Advantageously, the terminal and the device are configured to communicate with each other via short waves, for example via Bluetooth, while the communication of the terminal and the portable device with the remote server is for example carried out via Wifi or radio waves.

[0026] According to another possible characteristic, said terminal and / or said portable device communicate with said server, via their respective communication module, according to a bidirectional GSM type link.

[0027] According to another possible characteristic, said portable communicating individual device comprises a human-machine interface configured to display data from the remote server, such as the status of a terminal, the electricity and / or water consumption, and / or the remaining time of use of said terminal. The user can thus have a view of their water and / or electricity consumption in near real time (depending on the frequency of communication of the information consumption from the terminal to the server), and adapt it accordingly, for example by adopting more ecological behavior (turning off the air conditioning or heating when absent, etc.).

[0028] The invention also relates to a communicating terminal, characterized in that said communicating terminal is configured to be integrated into a system as defined above.

[0029] Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description on the one hand, and from several exemplary embodiments given for informational and non-limiting purposes with reference to the attached schematic drawings on the other hand, in which: - [Fig.l] illustrates a very schematic view of a water and electricity distribution network management system according to the invention; - [Fig.2] illustrates a very schematic view of a remote server of the management system of [Fig.l]; - [Fig.3] illustrates a very schematic and structural view of a communicating terminal of the management system of [Fig.l]; - [Fig.4] illustrates a flowchart of a method of activating the terminal of said system of [Fig.l].

[0030] Of course, the features, variants and different embodiments of the invention may be combined with each other, in various combinations, provided that they are not incompatible or mutually exclusive. In particular, variants of the invention may be imagined comprising only a selection of features described below in isolation from the other features described, if this selection of features is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the prior art.

[0031] In particular, all the variants and all the embodiments described can be combined with each other if nothing prevents this combination on a technical level. In addition, in the figures, the elements common to several figures retain the same reference.

[0032] [Fig.l] thus illustrates a very schematic view of a system 1 for managing a water and / or electricity distribution network according to the invention. Said system 1 thus comprises at least: - a communicating terminal 3 configured to, on the one hand, be connected to electricity 5 and water 7 distribution networks and regulate the distribution of electricity and / or water of said networks 5, 7; - a remote server 9, i.e. a computer server, communicating with said terminal 3 and controlling its operation, thus regulating the quantities of water and / or electricity delivered by the respective distribution networks and 7; - an individual portable communicating device 11 configured to communicate with said terminal 3 and / or the remote server 9; said individual device 11 being configured to identify said terminal 3 and trigger, via said remote server 9, the distribution of electricity and / or water by said terminal 3.

[0033] The communicating portable individual device 11 is for example a mobile phone (such as a smartphone) or a touchscreen tablet on which a dedicated application is installed. Furthermore, said individual device 11 may also comprise a camera and / or a photo camera (not shown) configured to allow the acquisition of images.

[0034] In addition, said portable individual device 11 comprises: - a human-machine interface 11a, that is to say all of the elements allowing the user to interact with the individual device 11, more particularly to control said device 11 and to exchange information with said device 11; - a communication module (not shown) configured to communicate with terminal 3 and / or remote server 9.

[0035] [Fig.2] illustrates, for its part, a very schematic and functional view of a remote server 9 of the system 1, said remote server 9 comprising: - a communication module 13 configured to communicate with the terminal 3 and / or the individual device 11, and exchange information between and with these elements 3 and 11; - storage means 15, such as a random access memory and / or read only memory (or non-volatile computer memory), configured to store information received and / or transmitted via the communication module 13; - a configured microprocessor 17, among other things, to manage the information received via the communication module 13 and to allow the storage of certain information in the storage means 15 and / or their processing.

[0036] Said remote server 9 may further comprise, stored in the storage means 15, a database 19a of one or more communicating terminals 3 associated with the values of the electricity and / or water meters of each of the terminals 3.

[0037] Said database 19a relating to said terminals 3 may also comprise a geographical location of said terminals 3, such as GPS coordinates and / or an address, the name of the owner of the water and electricity distribution networks 5 and 7 to which said terminal 3 is connected, and / or the typology of the installation and / or the location of the installation, such as a home, a mobile home, a pontoon, an electric car charging station, etc.

[0038] Said server 11 may also comprise, stored in the storage means 15, a database of customer accounts 19b which rent terminals 3 which are connected to water and / or electricity distribution networks belonging to them, as well as a database of user customer accounts 19c of said terminals 3, that is to say users who have ordered a duration of use (of the terminal or one of the distribution networks), a quantity of electricity and / or a quantity of water via a terminal 3. Furthermore, advantageously, a means of payment may be stored and associated with a customer account.

[0039] It will be noted that the creation of a customer account is advantageously carried out via the individual portable communicating device 11, for example through an application installed on said device 11.

[0040] Said terminal 3 is therefore configured to be connected to an electrical distribution network 5, for example at the level of the electrical meter, and / or to be connected to a water distribution network 7, for example at the level of the water meter or a water inlet, said terminal 3 thus being configured to authorize or block the distribution of water and / or electricity downstream of said terminal.

[0041] It will also be noted that said terminal 3 comprises a unique identifier, a unique identifier which may be indicated on said terminal 3, for example engraved on the casing or indicated on a label affixed to the casing of terminal 3 or near it, or even communicated by said terminal 3, by a wireless communication means, to said device 11.

[0042] [Fig. 3] is a very schematic view of a communicating terminal 3 according to the invention which thus comprises a housing 21 separated into two parts 21a and 21b by a sealed wall 23: - a first part 21a in which is housed a sealed envelope 25 itself housing an electronic management entity 24; - a second part 21b in which is housed a water conduit 26 on which are mounted a solenoid valve 27 and a flow meter 29, said conduit 26 comprising an inlet 26a and an outlet 26b configured to interface with a water distribution network and / or to be interposed on a water distribution conduit (for example upstream of a tap).

[0043] The solenoid valve 27 is thus configured to block or allow the circulation of water. in the conduit 26, and therefore allows the terminal 3 to control the distribution of water from the water distribution network 7. While the flow meter 29, advantageously arranged downstream of the solenoid valve 27, is configured to measure the quantity of water circulating through the conduit 26.

[0044] Said housing 21 may also comprise: - status display means 31 of said terminal 3, for example status indicator lights, for example protruding through the wall of the housing 21, and connected to the electronic entity 24 of said terminal 3; - a remote communication antenna 33, for example protruding through the wall of the housing 21, connected to the electronic entity 24 of said terminal 3.

[0045] Said terminal 3 further comprises: - an input power supply socket 35 configured to be connected to the electrical distribution network 5 which makes it possible to supply electricity to said electronic entity 24, and any element needing to be supplied with electricity to operate, such as the solenoid valve 27 and the flow meter 29; - an electrical distribution socket 37 to which the user can connect directly or indirectly, said terminal 3 being configured to authorize or block the distribution of electricity by said distribution socket 37 of electricity coming from the distribution network 5 (via the input socket 35).

[0046] The electronic entity 24, housed in the sealed casing 25, can thus comprise an electronic card on which are mounted various electronic components, RAM and / or ROM memories, microcontrollers, etc. as well as various electrotechnical components.

[0047] More particularly, said electronic entity 24 thus comprises at least: - a communication module 39 configured to communicate with the terminal 3 and / or the individual device 11, and exchange information between and with these elements 3 and 11, said communication module 39 being advantageously connected to the communication antenna 33; - an electrical management module 41 connected to the input electrical outlet 35 and to the distribution electrical outlet 37, and interposed between the input 35 and distribution 37 outlets, said module 41 being configured to authorize or block the passage of an electric current from the distribution network 5 connected to the input outlet 35 to the distribution outlet 37; - a microprocessor or microcontroller 43 configured, among other things, to manage the information received via the communication module 39, to allow the storage of certain information received and its processing, but also to control and / or receive information from the different elements of the terminal 3, for example from the solenoid valve 27, the flow meter 29, the electrical management module 41 and / or the communication module 39.

[0048] It will also be noted that the electronic entity 24 advantageously comprises a clock, for example implemented in the microprocessor or a microcontroller. 43. The flow meter 29 in association (or in combination) with the clock of the electronic entity 24 advantageously forming a water meter.

[0049] The electrical management module 41 comprises, for example, one or more switches controlled by the microcontroller 43, an electrical meter, as well as transformers, for example a dedicated transformer (for example a voltage reducer) so that the electronic entity 24 and the various components of the terminal 3 can be electrically powered.

[0050] Advantageously, said electrical management module 41 advantageously comprises two separate switches (not illustrated), for example contactors, a first switch configured to stop the flow of electricity between the input socket 35 and the distribution socket 37, and a second switch configured to stop the supply of electricity to the electronic entity 24 and to the various components of the terminal 3 (for example to protect the electronic entity 24 from overvoltages or short circuits).

[0051] It will be noted that the electric meter, for example a Coulomb counter, is advantageously arranged downstream of the first switch configured to stop the flow of electricity between the input socket 35 and the distribution socket 37. The Coulomb counter in association (or in combination) with the clock of the electronic entity 24 advantageously forms an electric meter.

[0052] Said terminal 3, the individual portable communicating device 11 and / or the remote server 9 therefore each comprise at least one communication module configured to communicate by radio waves, for example over a frequency range between 300 MHz and 300 GHz.

[0053] More particularly, the terminal 3 and the device 11 are advantageously configured to communicate, via their respective communication module, with each other by short waves, for example in Bluetooth, while the communication of the terminal 3 and the device 11 with the remote server 9 is for example carried out by Wifi, by radio waves and / or according to a bidirectional GSM type link.

[0054] [Fig.4] illustrates in the form of a flowchart, a method 100 for activating terminal 3 of said system 1, said method comprising at least the following steps: - identification SI of a terminal 3 to be activated; - sending an activation request S2 of the identified terminal 3 (therefore, authorizing the distribution of water and / or electricity) for a duration, a quantity of water and / or a quantity of electricity; - verification of the S3 status of said terminal identified 3; - activation of the S4 distribution of water and / or electricity via terminal 3, provided that said terminal 3 has an unoccupied status compatible with the activation request.

[0055] Said method 100 also comprises a deactivation S5 of the distribution of water and / or electricity via the terminal 3 once the requested duration, quantity of water and / or quantity of electricity are reached.

[0056] The identification SI of a terminal 3 to be activated is advantageously carried out by means of the device 11, more particularly, the acquisition of the identifier of a terminal can be carried out according to one or more of the following methods: - manual acquisition of the identifier, the user of said portable device 11 reading the unique identifier written on the terminal 3 and manually entering the identifier of the terminal 3 via the human-machine interface 11a of said portable device 11; - reading a barcode indicating the identifier of said terminal 3 (barcode which can be affixed directly on said terminal 3 or nearby), for example a one-dimensional barcode or a QR code, said reading being carried out via the camera and / or the camera of said device 11; - by wireless communication between the portable device 11 and said terminal 3, via their respective communication modules, said terminal 3 transmitting its unique identifier in response to a request transmitted by said portable device 11.

[0057] After identification of the terminal 3 by the device 11, said device 11 sends a request for activation of distribution of water and / or electricity from said terminal 3 to the remote server 9, via their respective communication modules.

[0058] It will be noted that the activation request transmitted by the device 11 may also include quantities of water and / or electricity, and / or a duration of activation of the terminal 3 according to the needs specified by the user of the device 11.

[0059] It will be noted that the sending of a request to activate the terminal 3 by the portable device 11 can also be conditioned by the payment of a sum corresponding to a predefined duration, quantity of water, and / or quantity of electricity, or by the provision by the user of a valid means of payment, such as a credit card number, the amount paid by the user then being proportional to his consumption of water and / or electricity, and / or to his duration of use of the water distribution networks 7 and / or electricity 5 (via the terminal 3).

[0060] Thus, after receipt of said activation request by the remote server 9, said server 9 sends, prior to any activation request of said terminal 3, a request to verify the status of said identified terminal 3.

[0061] Verifying the status of terminal 3 makes it possible to verify the availability of terminal 3, the request to verify the status of the terminal comprising one or more of the following information: terminal identifier, occupancy status request, water distribution status request, electricity distribution status request, water meter value request, electricity meter value request, free scheduled time slots, occupied scheduled time slots, scheduled communication frequency.

[0062] Thus, after response from terminal 3 to the verification request sent by the remote server 9, there is then sent a request to activate terminal 3 by the remote server 9. The server 9 first checks the free or occupied status, but also that the quantities of water and / or electricity requested and / or the duration of use of terminal 3 are compatible with the activation request sent by the device 11.

[0063] Upon receipt of the activation request by terminal 3, the solenoid valve 27 is opened and / or the switch of the electrical management module 41 is closed to respectively allow the circulation of water in the conduit 26 and / or the circulation of an electric current between the input 35 and distribution 37 sockets.

[0064] Subsequently, terminal 3 communicates with remote server 9 by sending information at the programmed communication frequency imposed by remote server 9.

[0065] Said terminal 3 thus sends, among other things, the values of the electricity and / or water meters so that the remote server 9 calculates the quantities of water and / or electricity consumed. Then, when the quantities of water and / or electricity consumed reach or exceed the predetermined quantities of water and / or electricity, or when the predetermined duration of use of the terminal 3 comes to an end, a deactivation request is then sent to the terminal 3 to stop the distribution of water 5 and / or electricity 7.

[0066] In a variant embodiment of the invention not shown, said terminal 3 is geolocated or its geographical location (for example in the form of GPS coordinates) is stored in the database 19a relating to the communicating terminals 3, the identification of the terminal 3 being carried out by means of a GPS (or geolocation) module of the device 11 by proximity between the device 11 and the terminal 3.

[0067] In another variant embodiment of the invention not shown, the remote server 9 sends the quantities of water and / or electricity consumed, as well as the cost associated with said quantities.

[0068] In another variant embodiment of the invention not shown, the communication antenna of the terminal is integrated into the communication module of the electronic entity.

[0069] In another variant embodiment of the invention not shown, said terminal is configured to connect only to a water distribution network or only to an electricity distribution network. In this configuration, the terminal only includes the appropriate components or elements.

Claims

Claims

1. Management system (1) of an electrical and / or water distribution network, said system (1) comprising at least: - a communicating terminal (3) configured to, on the one hand, be connected to an electrical distribution network (5) and / or to a water distribution network (7) and regulate the distribution of electricity and / or water of said networks (5, 7); - a remote server (9) configured to communicate with said terminal (3) and control the electrical and / or water distribution of the network (5 and / or 7) via said terminal (3); - a communicating portable individual device (11) configured to communicate with said terminal (3) and / or the remote server (9); said individual device (11) being configured to identify said terminal (3) and trigger, via said remote server (9), the distribution of electricity and / or water by said terminal (3).

2. System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said terminal (3) comprises a unique identifier, said portable individual communicating device (11) being configured to identify said terminal (3), said identification of the terminal (3) being carried out manually, by wireless communication and / or by reading a barcode associated with said terminal (3).

3. System (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said terminal (3) comprises an electric meter and / or a water meter.

4. System (1) according to any one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that said device (11) is configured to send, after identification of said terminal (3), a request for activation of distribution of water and / or electricity from said terminal (3) to the remote server (9), remote server (9) which receives said request from said device (11) and consequently sends an activation request to said terminal (3).

5. System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said server (9) is configured to send, prior to any request for activation of said terminal (3), a request for verification of the status of said identified terminal (3).

6. System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the terminal status verification request comprises a or more of the following information: terminal identifier, occupancy status request, water distribution status request, electricity distribution status request, free scheduled time slots, occupied scheduled time slots, scheduled communication frequency.

7. System (1) according to any one of claims 5 to 6, characterized in that said activation request sent by said server (9) authorizes the terminal (3) to allow the distribution of water and / or electricity according to a predetermined duration and / or a predetermined quantity of water and / or electricity.

8. System (1) according to claims 6 and 7, characterized in that the activation request sent by said server (9) is a function of the response of said terminal (3) to the verification request.

9. System (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the creation of a customer account is carried out via the individual portable communicating device (11).

10. Communicating terminal, characterized in that said communicating terminal is configured to be integrated into a system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims.

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