Collecting interval data from a relative time battery powered automated meter reading devices
AssigneeElster Electricity, LLC
InventorsAndrew Borleske, Robert Mason
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and method for providing a time reference in utility meter network. The novel method includes transmitting a message from a meter to a receiving device (e.g., another meter, a collector, a data collection server), where the message includes an interval and a sequence number. The interval is converted to a time stamp, which is used to time-stamp the message in the receiving device. The novel method reads data from the meter and stores the data as a function of the sequence number.
Claims29
A method for communicating in a utility meter network, comprising:
- establishing a relative time frame in a utility meter;
- receiving data from a utility meter to a receiving device based on a relative time of the utility meter;
- applying a time value to the data based on an absolute time;
- and
- storing the data along with the time value.
A utility meter network, comprising:
- a utility meter;
- and
- a first device in communication with the utility meter, wherein the utility meter transmits data to the first device, and wherein the first device assigns a time to the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.