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US 2017/0303069 A1Published application
Reading and writing data to a meter that measures flow of material
AssigneeDresser, Inc.
InventorsJason Lee Mamaloukas, Jeff Thomas Martin, Andrew Logan Perkins
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Abstract
A method comprising interposing an interface device in communication with both a terminal and a meter; and using the interface device for, exchanging data with the terminal and the meter using a first protocol and a second protocol, respectively, at least one of which utilizes an RF field; identifying an originating device using the data from each of the terminal and the meter; and generating an output for use over the first protocol or the second protocol in response to the originating device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- interposing an interface device in communication with both a terminal and a meter;
- and
- using the interface device, receiving data from the terminal in a first protocol via a web server and sending data to the meter via an RF field to modify data resident on the meter by,
- exchanging data at the interface device with the terminal and the meter using the first protocol and the second protocol, respectively;
- identifying an originating device at the interface device using the data from each of the terminal and the meter;
- generating an output at the interface device for use over the first protocol or the second protocol in response to the originating device, and
- operating the web server at the interface device so as to send and receive data to the terminal via the first protocol.
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A system, comprising:
- an interface device comprising a housing;
- a coupling mechanism coupled with the housing and having one or more coupling members that interacts with a gas meter to maintain an operating distance between the interface device and the gas meter;
- and
- a terminal having a display for viewing a web browser,
- wherein the interface device is configured to receive data from the terminal in a first protocol via a web server and to send data to the meter via an RF field to modify data resident on the meter by,
- exchanging data at the interface device with the terminal and the meter using the first protocol and the second protocol, respectively;
- identifying an originating device at the interface device using the data from each of the terminal and the meter;
- generating an output at the interface device for use over the first protocol or the second protocol in response to the originating device, and
- operating the web server at the interface device so as to send and receive data in the output to the terminal via the first protocol.
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A method, comprising:
- locating an interface device in proximity to a gas meter so as to effectuate data transfer via a near-field communication (NFC) protocol;
- communicating with the interface device using a web server operated by the interface device and a web browser on a terminal that is remote from the interface device;
- and
- using the interface device, receiving data from the terminal via the web server at the interface device and sending data to the gas meter via the near-field communication (NFC) protocol to modify data resident on the meter so as to cause an operating parameter at the gas meter to change from a first parameter to a second parameter that is different from the first operating parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.