System and method for analyzing and monitoring smart meter network communications
AssigneeFlorida Power & Light Company
InventorGary Wayne Sterkel
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Abstract
A system and method that enable analysis and visualization of disparate data to provide actionable insight regarding a smart meter network are disclosed. In some implementations, smart meter grid dashboard functionality may provide an improved and integrated data view and enable dynamic investigations and actions based on smart meter analytics. A method of aggregating and displaying data relevant to operations of an AMI network may provide actionable insight into operation of the network, predict failures, and recommend remedial actions.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- collecting usage data related to operation of a meter;
- selectively identifying additional data;
- processing the usage data and the additional data to produce output related to operation of a metered utility distribution network;
- predicting a condition of the metered utility distribution network as a function of the processing;
- determining formatting preferences associated with a display of the output;
- and
- responsive to said processing and said determining, transmitting the output and the formatting preferences.
A system for analyzing a metered utility distribution network, said system comprising:
- a network infrastructure operative to collect usage data related to operation of a meter;
- and
- a server communicably coupled to said network infrastructure and operative to process the usage data and selectively identified additional data to produce an output, the output comprising an anticipated condition related to operation of the metered utility distribution network;
- said server comprising an application operative to produce the output and a dashboard operative to determine formatting preferences associated with a display of the output;
- wherein the server is further operative to transmit the output and the formatting preferences to a remote device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with data and instructions comprising an application which, when executed on a processor, is configured to perform an operation comprising:
- collecting usage data related to operation of a meter;
- selectively identifying additional data;
- processing the usage data and the additional data to produce output related to operation of a metered utility distribution network, the output comprising an anticipated condition of the metered utility distribution network predicted as a function of the processing;
- determining formatting preferences associated with a display of the output;
- and
- responsive to said processing and said determining, transmitting the output and the formatting preferences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.