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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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7363031 |
System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances
A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing...
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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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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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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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7231482 |
Method and system for monitoring and transmitting utility status via universal communications interface
A method and system for monitoring utility meter status, and transmitting a status message via an output device connected to a universal communications interface in the event that the utility meter...
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7110778 |
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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7102533 |
Automatic meter reading system and method using telephone line
An automatic meter reading system includes meter-reading devices attached to respective utility meters and a remote control center collecting measured commodity utilization from the meter-reading...
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7058524 |
Electrical power metering system
A wireless electrical power metering system is provided. A processor having a multichannel power line transceiver, a wireless transceiver, and a power meter attached thereto measures power...
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7049976 |
User-installable power consumption monitoring system
A system and method for remotely monitoring power usage from a watt-hour meter or power meter. The system may include a sensor, sensor terminal, and data collection unit. The sensor may be disposed...
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6999567 |
Method and system for communicating from an automatic meter reader
In a system where an automatic meter reader device communicates with a host at a remote location using a communication line that is shared with at least one other user, conflicts between the use of...
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6996215 |
Telemetry system and method
One aspect of the present invention provides a meter reading system. The meter reading system includes an endpoint device and a reader. The endpoint device is configured to operably couple to a...
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6859527 |
Communications arrangement and method using service system to facilitate the establishment of end-to-end communication over a network
An internet-connected service system is provided for facilitating communication across the internet between image-sending and image-receiving systems that have dial-up internet access. The...
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6828906 |
Device for responding to state request on an open phone line
Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a state of a device such as a meter or appliance and transmitting to a remote location a particular tone or tones corresponding to the detected...
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6784806 |
Electronic electricity meter
An electronic electricity meter which, in one embodiment, includes a modem board, or unit, coupled to the meter microcomputer and exchanges information between the meter and a central computer is...
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6759946 |
Home appliances network
A network enables remote users to communicate with, and to control a variety of devices whose only electrical connection is to a power line network. In hybrid networks, communications between...
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6737984 |
Automatic meter reading system using locally communicating utility meters
A low cost frequency shift keying communications system for communication between utility meters within a local area network and for communication with a central database. Transmitters coupled to...
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6694384 |
Method and system to remotely configure business office devices to user defined parameters
A method and system for configuring and/or re-configuring an office device to satisfy each user's particular needs. Such a system allows a user to determine at user defined intervals, i.e., each...
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6678285 |
Network appliance with simplified network transmitter
A network appliance with a simplified network transmitter architecture includes a measurement/detection circuit for detecting a condition and generating a report signal corresponding to the...
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6674997 |
AM band transmission using multi-tone modulation
A communication system for communicating utility data from a utility distribution network comprises a transmitter for transmitting the utility data. The transmitter comprises a processor that...
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6671671 |
System and method for transmitting data from customer premise equipment sans modulation and demodulation
In a system and method for the collection of alphanumeric data from Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) at the behest of an enhanced service provider (such as a utility company) requesting said data,...
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6671636 |
Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for utility monitoring
A utility data collection system can be implemented utilizing a serial sequence of transmissions between subsequent utility monitors. Each utility monitor can add its local utility data with the...
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6671501 |
Signal transmission circuit
The present circuit serves for the transmission of information signals over the general electricity supply mains. It has a transducer ( 13 ) for the galvanic separation of the mains voltage. The...
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6665620 |
Utility meter having primary and secondary communication circuits
A communication system for a utility meter that has a primary power supply includes a primary communication circuit and a secondary communication circuit. The primary power supply is operable to...
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6633637 |
Suppressed ringing connectivity
A method and apparatus for establishing a suppressed ringing connection between a server and customer premises equipment, wherein the server is connected to a first switch and the customer premises...
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6535000 |
Method and apparatus for determining the internal impedance of a distribution transformer and sensing DC current through an AC power meter
A method for determining the DC current flowing through an AC power meter. The internal impedance of the distribution transformer is first sensed, then the DC voltage in the AC voltage waveform is...
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6529591 |
Method and system for communication caller identification information between a remote site and a central monitoring station over PSTN
A system ( 10, 100 ) for communicating information and caller identification between entities ( 11, 13 ) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) ( 20 ) includes at least one remote site (...
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6526131 |
Initiation of communication between network service system and customer-premises equipment
Customer premises equipment ( 11 B) connected to a telephone line ( 13 B), is arranged to be woken up remotely and then to initiate communication with a network-based service system. ( 20 ). In...
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6510213 |
Unit for the bidirectional detection and transmission of data via modern communication networks
The invention relates to an apparatus ( 1 ) for the automatic recording and two-way transmission of data, having a first interface ( 2 ) for the translation unit ( 4 ) for processing the data, the...
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6496575 |
Application and communication platform for connectivity based services
Open, horizontal service platforms are described. Service providers can, via network operators, load software associated with a service onto a dedicated, service platform server. The service...
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6487282 |
Apparatus and method for an inbound telemetry device to sense telephone line status
A telephone-based automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a telemetry device through which a host computer can collect meter readings remotely. So that the telemetry device does not interfere...
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6453026 |
Telecommunications network architecture for accessing customer premises equipment
An architecture for communicating with telemetering interface units (TIUs). The system comprises an application controller which interfaces with service vendors who make requests for telemetering...
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6401081 |
Modular object-based architecture for extensible master station software
Conventional AMR and DA/DSM systems typically suffer from a lack of extensibility due to the monolithic nature of the master station software. In contrast, this patent describes a system that is...
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6396839 |
Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suite
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 incorporated into a gateway...
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6347135 |
Apparatus and method for powering a telephone-based inbound telemetry device
A telephone-based automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a telemetry device through which a host computer can collect meter readings remotely. The telemetry device has one or more ports to...
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6333975 |
Method and system for reading intelligent utility meters
A meter reading system preferably includes an external modem module (EMM), a hub and a data collection system. The EMM communicates with one or more utility meters and, as such, is preferably...
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6275571 |
System for direct suppressed ringing access of subscriber lines
The system for direct suppressed ringing access of a subscriber line enables the service provider to access subscriber lines from any location, as long as the incoming call is identified and...
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6263055 |
System for suppressed ringing access of subscriber lines to identify usage anomalies of customer premise equipment connected thereto
The usage detection system establishes a suppressed ringing connection to the subscriber line for either a predetermined extended time interval to enable at least two successive usage readings to...
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6246677 |
Automatic meter reading data communication system
An automatic meter reading data communication system having an integrated digital encoder and two-way wireless transceiver that is attachable to a wide variety of utility meters for meter data...
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6240167 |
Telephone-linked commodity-billing method
A method for billing consumers of on-demand commodities consumed at a site remote from the site at which they are produced. It is modeled after certain contemporary telephone-company billing...
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6219409 |
Premises gateway and premises network interfaces for accessing subscriber premises equipment and communication networks using ring suppression
A premises gateway is provided with respect to a subscriber's premises and a plurality of different transmission media for connecting to network devices and host systems on a network. The premises...
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6163602 |
System and method for unified telephone and utility consumption metering, reading, and processing
The system and method provides a conversion and interface between automated meter reading systems and telephone billing systems to enable a telephone billing system to collect, process, and combine...
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6150955 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting data via a digital control channel of a digital wireless network
A system for remotely monitoring and transmitting data and other information received from utility and other devices is disclosed. The universal meter reader of the present invention includes a...
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6101214 |
Power line communications spread spectrum symbol timing and random phasing
A system for spread spectrum power line communications employs a harmonic modulation (HM) transmitter coupled to the power line for transmitting message bits to an HM receiver. The spread spectrum...
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6073174 |
Remote access systems
A management system provides a remote access service to units of equipment at distributed locations of a communications network. For instance, it can provide automatic meter reading over a PSTN for...
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6069571 |
Apparatus and method for collecting meter data
A meter data collection device (20) including an antenna (52), a meter interface (60) receiving data from a meter (64), and a radio frequency (RF) stage (50). The RF stage (50) is coupled to the...
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6067029 |
Power check meter
A power measurement system calculates the power flow within a wire to a customer and transmits an indication of the power flow to a remotely located operator. The measurement system includes both a...
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6038297 |
System for party line suppressed ringing access of subscriber lines
The system for party line suppressed ringing access enables a service provider to access both a subscriber line and the equipment that is connected to this subscriber line. The present system makes...
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6034623 |
Autonomous radio telemetry
An improved radio modem is disclosed for use with an autonomous radio telemetry system. The radio modem includes a reprogrammable microprocessor, a radio transceiver, and a serial interface. By...
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6018726 |
Method of billing for information services in conjunction with utilities service
A system for automatically billing information services in conjunction with utilities services. The system includes a main unit having a host computer with a database for storing data of various...
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