English to Italian Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)

Come tradurreste "operating"? Meglio "gestione" oppure "funzionamento"?

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"The method of claim 1, further comprising:
operating the consumer node to repeatedly provide usage information using the presentation token and the credential id to a retail energy provider node;
operating the retail energy provider, at the conclusion of a billing cycle, transmitting an electronic bill to the consumer node from the retail energy provider node, wherein the electronic bill is associated with the credential id;..."



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