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7385524 |
Automated meter reading, billing and payment processing system
The present invention includes an automatic commodity or services billing and metering system that when installed does not damage any existing meters or gauges, will fit virtually all known meters...
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7376118 |
System and method for optimizing contiguous channel operation with cellular reuse
A method for communicating with automatic meter reading (AMR) endpoints in adjacent cells, when the endpoints are arranged in a cell pattern similar to a cellular telephone system, is disclosed...
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7372373 |
Embedded antenna and filter apparatus and methodology
Apparatus and methodology are disclosed for providing effective transmission of data to and/or from an electricity meter by providing embedded radio frequency components. An antenna and stripline...
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7372372 |
Sequence inversion keyed countdown timer utilized within a utility meter system
An automatic meter reading system that includes a head end controller and an endpoint that is interfaced to a utility meter. The head end controller and the endpoint communicate via RF...
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7362236 |
Mobile utility data collection system with voice technology, such as for data collection relating to an electric, gas, or water utility
A mobile data collection system with voice capabilities is provided. The mobile data collection system can be a system for automatically or semi-automatically collecting data regarding consumption...
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7362232 |
Electrical service disconnect having external interface
An arrangement is provided for use in an electrical utility meter that includes a metering unit, a service disconnect circuit, and a housing assembly. The service disconnect circuit has a connected...
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7359809 |
Electricity metering with a current transformer
The data storage and processing resources required for an electric meter are reduced by basing the selection and application of phase error correction on a root mean square load current flowing...
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7349996 |
Method and system for remote management of data over a wireless link
A system and method for enabling remote management of data of devices using wireless communications. The system and method provides direct access to devices such as sensors from wireless devices...
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7348769 |
Electricity meter with power supply load management
An electricity meter for monitoring electric power consumed from a service line is disclosed. The electricity meter includes a power consumption metering system for measuring the amount of power...
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7346463 |
System for controlling electrically-powered devices in an electrical network
A system for controlling remotely located electrically-powered systems in an electrical network includes a first transceiver. The first transceiver has an identifier in memory and wirelessly...
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7342507 |
Revenue meter with power quality features
Power quality detection, monitoring, reporting, recording and communication in a revenue accuracy electrical power meter is disclosed. Transient events are detected by monitoring the wave shape of...
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7342506 |
Wireless remote monitoring system
A remote monitoring system is described which enables monitoring of flow meters or other scientific instruments from a remote location using the GSM cellular phone network. The system includes a...
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7339487 |
Structure of meter
An improved structure of meter, comprising a casing, a circuit board provided in the casing and having a connecting unit for connecting to an external machine, a central processor provided on the...
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7336201 |
Remote access energy meter system and method
A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless...
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7336200 |
Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system
An automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a fixed or mobile reader and an endpoint. The endpoint is interfaced to a utility meter and the fixed or mobile reader is capable of communicating...
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7327998 |
System and method of providing a geographic view of nodes in a wireless network
A geographic view rendering tool receives geographic location data for nodes in a wireless network and renders a geographic view displaying the nodes at their corresponding geographic locations....
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7324825 |
Remote telemetry device
The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to digital data communication systems, and more particularly, the systems and methods relate to systems and methods for facilitating digital...
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7321316 |
Grouping mesh clusters
Systems and methods for grouping mesh networks. Mesh networks enable energy data to be transferred from an energy sensing device to a destination device using various networks and reduces the need...
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7317404 |
Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying consumption data from a meter reading system
A method and an apparatus for collecting and displaying real-time utility consumption data and an estimate of utility costs from various utility metering modules upon request by the consumer within...
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7315257 |
Automated meter reader having high product delivery rate alert generator
The present invention achieves technical advantages as an AMR device adapted to couple to utility meters and detect an excess rate of product delivery and responsively generate an alert indicative...
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7312721 |
Data collector for an automated meter reading system
The invention includes an electronic utility meter, a data collector/meter and a method for communicating data in an automated meter reading system. The inventive method includes communicating data...
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7310052 |
Wireless meter-reading system and methods thereof
A wireless meter-reading system includes a utility meter having a housing and a face and a recording device located in the housing. The recording device is adapted to read and convert data located...
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7308370 |
Using a fixed network wireless data collection system to improve utility responsiveness to power outages
A system for determining service outages and restorations includes an outage management server (OMS) that generates reports of outages and restoration information for metering endpoints. The...
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7307960 |
Method and device for data communication with a data processing device controlling an electronic device
The invention relates to a process for data input and data output into or out of an electronic data processing means that has an input to which a voltage is applied via a resistor and that is...
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7304587 |
Automated meter reading system, communication and control network for automated meter reading, meter data collector program product, and associated methods
An automated meter reading network system to collect utility usage data from multiple utility meters having utility meter sensors is provided. The system includes multiple meter data collectors...
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7304586 |
On-line web accessed energy meter
An electrical metering system capable of performing multiple metering functions, collecting data, and wirelessly provides the collected metering data to a utility operator. In the electrical...
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7302229 |
Enabling desired wireless connectivity in a high frequency wireless local area network
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus to enable desired wireless connectivity in a high frequency and/or high speed wireless local area network for providing mobile...
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7301476 |
Dynamic self-configuring metering network
A dynamic self-configuring system for collecting metering data comprises a collector meter. The collector meter scans for meters that are operable to directly communicate with the collector and...
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7301475 |
Systems and methods for utility meter data collection
Systems and methods for utility meter data collection on distributed metering systems. One aspect of the present invention provides quantity-interval or count-step based collection, reading,...
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7298288 |
Automatic adjustment of bubble up rate
A method of operating an RF communicator adapted for an automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes maintaining the communicator in a low-power standby mode and automatically responding to...
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7298134 |
Electrical-energy meter adaptable for optical communication with various external devices
An example embodiment of an electrical-energy meter comprises a transformer for producing an electrical output proportional to an electrical current in a conductor of electrical energy, a circuit...
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7285947 |
Power metering using current-indicative signal
A power meter receives an output-voltage and a current-indicative signal generated by at least one power supply of an electronic system. The output voltage powers at least one electronic component...
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7283063 |
Above ground antenna and transmitter for utility meters
Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) technology includes communication apparatus comprising a transmitter associated with an antenna wherein the transmitter is in communication with a utility meter...
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7283062 |
Mapping in mobile data collection systems, such as for utility meter reading and related applications
A mobile data collection system may perform or facilitate monitoring and management of mobile automatic meter reading (MAMR) activities via out of route meter read identification and graphical...
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7277027 |
Electronic electric meter for networked meter reading
An electronic electric meter for use in a networked automatic meter reading environment. The electric meter retrofits into existing meter sockets and is available for new meter installations for...
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7276915 |
Electrical service monitoring system
A system and method that allows a consumer to monitor the electrical power usage in a residence is disclosed. The electrical use may be monitored at the service level, the circuit level, or at the...
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7275000 |
Energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith
An energy information system and sub-measurement board for use therewith allows an energy information service provider to measure energy usage at a customer location. The sub-measurement board is...
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7274305 |
Electrical utility communications and control system
A system for managing collection of data and remote operation of fielded remote units is disclosed. The remote units may be incorporated in automatic meter reading systems, capacitor bank switching...
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7271735 |
System for the remote data acquisition and control of electric energy meters
A system for the remote acquisition of data and for the remote control of electricity meters comprises a central server AMM in bi-directional communication with a plurality of concentrators. To...
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7268294 |
Adaptor; controller and plug receptacle for electronic device
In a system which includes adaptors a controller and plug receptacles connected to electronic devices, an adaptor that can store identification information about electronic devices is connected to...
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7262709 |
System and method for efficient configuration in a fixed network automated meter reading system
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 identified and...
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7259690 |
Reader for utility meter
A reader ( 1 ) for a utility meter is disclosed. The reader ( 1 ) is capable of receiving data, in a variety different communication protocols, by either inductive coupling or by radio frequency...
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7256709 |
Meter with IrDA port
A meter is provided of the type used for recording data primarily related to power and/or energy use. The meter includes an IrDA port for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data to and from the...
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7254372 |
Method and system for transmitting, receiving, and collecting information related to a plurality of working components
A method and system for transmitting, receiving, and collecting information related to a plurality of working components, such as street lamps, allows for efficient and effective monitoring and...
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7250874 |
System and methods for wirelessly transmitting data from a utility meter
A system and method for transmitting data from a utility meter, such as a power meter, is disclosed. A microprocessor housed inside the power meter obtains readings of various power indicia, stores...
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7248977 |
Phasor transducer apparatus and system for protection, control, and management of electricity distribution systems
A system for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit is disclosed. The system includes devices coupled with the network. Each...
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7248837 |
Method and apparatus for controlling power of radio links
A method is provided for controlling power of radio links, particularly a method for controlling transmit power of a terminal in soft handover. This may include a process for setting transmit power...
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7248180 |
Meter reading system
A reduced power-consumption meter reading system has a clock for counting elapsed time and days and outputting a first output signal for a predetermined time during a month, a first power supply...
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7248179 |
Electronic meter reader system and method
A utility metering system includes a plurality of distributed utility meter readers. Each reader is associated with a respective electronic utility meter at a respective utility user station. Each...
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7248158 |
Automated meter reading power line communication system and method
An automated meter reading power line communications system is provided, which may include measuring the utility usage of a first customer premises to provide first utility usage data, storing the...
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