# US 10,119,835 B2 · Multi-tenant customer portal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,835 B2 - Document ID: US10119835B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/868,427 - Filed: 2018-01-11 - Published: 2018-05-17 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-15 - Assignees: Honeywell International Inc. - Applicants: Honeywell International Inc. - Inventors: Richard Carpenter; Kurt Kikendall - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119835B2 ## CPC - G01D 4/002: {Remote reading of utility meters} - Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00) - Y04S 20/30: Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract An advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) portal system and method for coordinating access to meter data within an AMI data repository. The advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) portal system includes a data repository, a first portal, and a second portal. The data repository is configured to store data related to a plurality of devices within an AMI. The first portal includes a device list. The device list includes a list of at least one of the plurality of devices associated with a customer. The second portal is configured to retrieve the device list from the first portal, and further configured to request meter data for the at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list from the data repository. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for coordinating access to meter data for a plurality of metering devices within a metering system, the meter data being stored in a data repository, the method comprising: receiving, by a first portal, a device list including a list of at least one of the plurality of devices, each of the at least one of the plurality of devices being associated with a customer; sending, by the first portal, the device list to a second portal; and requesting, by the second portal, meter data for the at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list from the data repository. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: requesting, by the second portal, a key performance indicator from the first portal; accessing, by the first portal, the meter data for the at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list from the data repository; and sending, by the first portal, the key performance indicator to the second portal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: receiving, by the second portal, the key performance indicator from the first portal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: associating at least one of the plurality of devices with the customer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: sending, by the second portal, a command to at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first portal receives the device list from the customer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first portal and the second portal are hosted by a Platform-as-a-Service system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the device list further includes a plurality of locations, wherein each of the plurality of devices is associated with one of the plurality of locations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the device list further includes a plurality of accounts, wherein each of the plurality of locations is associated with one of the plurality of accounts. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the device list further includes a plurality of customers, wherein each of the plurality of accounts is associated with one of the plurality of customers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the device list further includes a plurality of utilities, wherein each of the plurality of customers is associated with one of the plurality of utilities. ### Claim 12 A portal system for accessing meter data for a plurality of devices within an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), the meter data being stored within a data repository, the system comprising: a first portal comprising a device list, the device list including a list of at least one of the plurality of devices, each of the at least one of the plurality of devices being associated with a customer; and a second portal configured to retrieve the device list from the first portal, and further configured to request meter data for the at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list from the data repository. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the second portal is further configured to send a request for a key performance indicator to the first portal, and wherein the first portal is configured to (i) receive the request for the key performance indicator from the second portal, (ii) access the data associated with the at least one of the plurality of devices stored in the data repository, and (iii) send the key performance indicator to the second portal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the first portal is configured to access the data stored in the data repository via a web service. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the second portal is configured to request data from the data repository via the web service. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the first portal and the second portal are hosted by a Platform-as-a-Service system. ### Claim 17 A metering system comprising: a data repository configured to store data related to a plurality of metering devices; and a portal system comprising: a first portal comprising a device list, the device list including a list of at least one of the plurality of devices associated with a customer; and a second portal configured to retrieve the device list from the first portal, and further configured to request meter data for the at least one of the plurality of devices in the device list from the data repository.