Automated meter reading system

RH Kelley, RC Carpenter, RH Lunney… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
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155'FOR 103' An automated meter reading (AMR) server having an open, FOR 104'FOR …

Using a fixed network wireless data collection system to improve utility responsiveness to power outages

RT Mason Jr, AJ Borleske, KC Shuey - US Patent 7,308,370, 2007 - Google Patents
A system for determining service outages and restorations includes an outage management
server (OMS) that generates reports of outages and restoration information for metering …

In-home display communicates with a fixed network meter reading system

AJ Borleske, KC Shuey, RT Mason Jr - US Patent 7,427,927, 2008 - Google Patents
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Method and system for improving wireless data packet delivery

PR Meyer - US Patent 6,700,902, 2004 - Google Patents
Mobile devices are those devices where the end device is mobile, Such as cellular phones,
pagers, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Telemetry devices are those devices that …

Data collector for an automated meter reading system

RT Mason Jr, EW Hodges, KJ Smith… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
(52) US Cl............................ 340/870.02: 340/870.03; Primary Examiner Timothy Edwards, Jr.
7O2/61 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Woodcock Washburn LLP (58) Field of Classification …

Network-enabled, extensible metering system

RC Carpenter, R Kelley, SM Scoggins… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
To allow meter data users to have access to needed infor mation and at the same time
address the rapidly shifting requirements of the deregulated marketplace, a new business …

Dynamic self-configuring metering network

KC Shuey, RC Hemminger, RT Mason Jr… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
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Automated on-site meter registration confirmation using a portable, wireless computing device

RH Kelley, JC Sutton III, DL Bruce… - US Patent 6,867,707, 2005 - Google Patents
The invention is directed to a method and system for verifying an installation of an meter, for
example, an electric poWer meter. The inventive method includes identifying the electric …

System and method for efficient configuration in a fixed network automated meter reading system

AJ Borleske, SM Scoggins, D Uy - US Patent 7,262,709, 2007 - Google Patents
Meters are configured using either a program update method or a meter update method. In
the program update method, meters associated with a specified configuration program are …

Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suite

SH Ardalan, DE Van Den Bout - US Patent 7,126,494, 2006 - Google Patents
An electronic meter incorporates a TCP/IP protocol suite and an HTTP server to provide two-
way access to the meter data. Alternatively, the TCP/IP protocol suite may be incor porated …