Method and apparatus to determine utility usage

A utility meter comprising a register and a meter body, wherein the register is positioned on or in the meter body to measure a volume of fluid passing through the meter body, wherein the register comprises a register body, a clock, a memory, and a microprocessor disposed within the register body, the microprocessor further configured to:

• determine a flow rate of fluid passed through a meter body;
• send, from a utility meter to a profile sharing server comprising one or more processors, a plurality of utility meter updates, including a flow rate of fluid;
• receive, from the profile sharing server, a utility meter profile generated by the profile sharing server based on one or more utility meter updates of the plurality of utility meter updates;
• store, at the utility meter, the utility meter profile for use by the microprocessor in executing programming instructions at the utility meter to detect one or more abnormalities in utility usage;
• automatically determine, by the microprocessor of the utility meter, the one or more abnormalities of the utility meter by comparing the received utility meter profile to the flow rate of fluid passed through the utility meter;
• issue a signal to indicate the measured volume of fluid passed through the meter body is abnormal;
• and
• transmit the signal issued by the microprocessor.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:

• determine a flow rate of fluid passed through a meter body;
• send, from a utility meter to a profile sharing server comprising one or more processors, a plurality of utility meter updates, including a flow rate of fluid;
• receive, at the utility meter from the profile sharing server, a utility meter profile generated by the profile sharing server based on one or more utility meter updates of the plurality of utility meter updates;
• store, at the utility meter, the utility meter profile for use by a microprocessor of the utility meter in executing programming instructions to detect one or more abnormalities in utility usage;
• automatically determine the one or more abnormalities of the utility meter by comparing the received utility meter profile to the flow rate of fluid passed through the utility meter;
• issue a signal to indicate a measured volume of fluid passed through the meter body is abnormal;
• and
• transmit the signal issued by a microprocessor.