# US 2014/0207393 A1 · Systems and Methods for Providing a Cloud Flowmeter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0207393 A1 - Document ID: US20140207393A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/746,446 - Filed: 2013-01-22 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-22 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Michael Brusilovsky - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207393A1 ## CPC - G01F 1/667: Arrangements of transducers for ultrasonic flowmeters; Circuits for operating ultrasonic flowmeters - G01D 4/004: {Remote reading of utility meters to a fixed location} - G01F 1/66: by measuring frequency, phase shift or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. using ultrasonic flowmeters - G01F 15/001: {Means for regulating or setting the meter for a predetermined quantity} - G01F 15/063: using electrical means - G01F 15/065: {with transmission devices, e.g. mechanical} - G01F 25/10: of flowmeters - G06F 16/183: {Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS (network file access protocols H04L67/1097)} - G06F 17/00: Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00) - G01F 1/00: Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow (measuring a proportion of the volume flow G01F5/00) - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - 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 - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - 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 Systems and methods for providing a cloud flowmeter are provided by certain embodiments of the disclosure. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, there is disclosed a method, which can include receiving, from a meter device, at least one flow signal via at least one network; determining, based in part on the at least one flow signal, at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic; and storing the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic in a data storage device remote from the meter device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, from a meter device, at least one flow signal via at least one network; at a processor remote from the meter device, determining, based in part on the at least one flow signal, at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic; and storing the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic in a data storage device remote from the meter device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one flow characteristic comprises at least one of the following: a real time flow measurement, or ultrasonic flow meter data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the at least one data characteristic or meter characteristic comprises at least one of the following: meter log data, meter error data, meter diagnostic data, or meter configuration data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one meter control action at a processor remote from the meter device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic to one or more client applications. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one control signal; and transmitting the at least one control signal via the at least one network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic via at least one network comprises receiving the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic by a plurality of computer processors remote from the meter device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the meter device comprises one or more transducer devices operable to generate respective signals, each signal corresponding to at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic. ### Claim 9 A system comprising: one or more processors, remote from a meter device, with computer-executable instructions operable to: receive, from the meter device, at least one flow signal via at least one network; determine, based in part on the at least one flow signal, at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic; and store the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic in a data storage device remote from the meter device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one flow characteristic comprises at least one of the following: a real time flow measurement, or ultrasonic flow meter data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one data characteristic or meter characteristic comprises at least one of the following: meter log data, meter error data, meter diagnostic data, or meter configuration data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to: transmit the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic to one or more client applications. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to: determine, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one meter control action by at least one processor remote from the meter device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable to: generate, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one control signal; and transmit the at least one control signal via the at least one network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the meter device comprises one or more transducer devices operable to generate respective signals, each signal corresponding to at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic. ### Claim 16 One or more computer-readable media, remote from a meter device, storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to perform operations for: receiving, from the meter device, at least one flow signal via at least one network; determining, based in part on the at least one flow signal, at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic; and storing the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic in a data storage device remote from the meter device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the at least one flow characteristic comprises at least one of the following: a real time flow measurement, or ultrasonic flow meter data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the at least one data characteristic or meter characteristic comprises at least one of the following: meter log data, meter error data, meter diagnostic data, or meter configuration data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, comprising computer-executable instructions that further configure the at least one processor to perform operations for: transmitting the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic to one or more client applications. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The one or more computer-readable media of claim 16, comprising computer-executable instructions that further configure the at least one processor to perform operations for: determining, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one meter control action at the at least one processor remote from the meter device; generating, based at least in part on the at least one flow characteristic, data characteristic, or meter characteristic, at least one control signal; and transmitting the at least one control signal via the at least one network.