Meter maintenance and tampering detection system and method
AssigneeSilver Spring Networks, Inc.
InventorsZoltan Kiss, Petros Raptis
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for managing an end-device connected to a commodity delivery network. One device includes computer-readable medium containing instructions for managing the end-device and a processor for executing the instructions. The instructions include instructions for detecting tampering of the end-device, ignoring the detected tampering when the end-device has been placed in an ignore mode, and automatically disconnecting the end-device from the commodity delivery system based on the detected tampering when the end-device has not been placed in the ignore mode.
Claims25
A computer-implemented method for managing an end-device connected to a commodity delivery system, the end-device included in an enclosure including a door, the method comprising:
- determining, with a network interface controller, if the door is open;
- when the door is open, determining, with the network interface controller, if the end-device is in an ignore mode;
- automatically, with the network interface controller, disconnecting the end-device from the commodity delivery system when the door is open and the end-device is not in an ignore mode;
- and
- maintaining, with the network interface controller, a current operating state of the end-device when the door is open and the end-device is in an ignore mode.
A system for managing an end-device connected to a commodity delivery network, the end-device included in an enclosure having a door, the system comprising:
- a network interface controller configured to determine if the door is open, determine if the end-device is in an ignore mode, automatically disconnect the end-device from the commodity delivery system when the door is open and the end-device is not in an ignore mode, and maintain a current operating state of the end-device when the door is open and the end-device is in an ignore mode.
A device for managing an end-device connected to a commodity delivery network, the device comprising:
- computer-readable medium containing instructions for managing the end-device;
- and
- a processor for executing the instructions, wherein the instructions include instructions for detecting tampering of the end-device, ignoring the detected tampering when the end-device has been placed in an ignore mode, and automatically disconnecting the end-device from the commodity delivery system based on the detected tampering when the end-device has not been placed in the ignore mode.
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