Secure customer acknowledgement of relay actuation
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsHyoung Jhang, Vernon Meadows, Kamal Kumar Arvind
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Abstract
A request for an acknowledgement using a private key may be generated and transmitting to a customer device. The acknowledgement may be received from the customer device and verified using a public key associated with a customer operating the customer device. A request for a current location of the customer device may be transmitted and the current location may be received. A determination that the current location is proximate to a meter may be made, and, in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, the meter may be manipulated.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating a request for an acknowledgement using a private key;
- transmitting the request to a customer device;
- receiving the acknowledgement from the customer device;
- verifying the acknowledgement using a public key associated with a customer operating the customer device;
- transmitting a request for a current location of the customer device;
- receiving the current location;
- determining that the current location is proximate to a meter;
- in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, manipulating the meter.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to:
- generate a request for an acknowledgement using a private key;
- verify the acknowledgement using a public key associated with a customer operating a customer device;
- generate a request for a current location of the customer device;
- determine that the current location is proximate to a meter;
- and
- in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, manipulate the meter;
- and
- a transceiver in communication with the processor, the transceiver configured to:
- transmit the request for an acknowledgement to the customer device;
- receive the acknowledgement from the customer device;
- transmit the request for the current location of the customer device;
- and
- receive the current location.
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for:
- generating a request for an acknowledgement using a private key;
- transmitting the request to a customer device;
- receiving the acknowledgement from the customer device;
- verifying the acknowledgement using a public key associated with a customer operating the customer device;
- transmitting a request for a current location of the customer device;
- receiving the current location;
- determining that the current location is proximate to a meter;
- in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, manipulating the meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.