Detection of stolen utility meters
AssigneeItron, Inc.
InventorGopakumar GOPINATHAN
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclose a method comprising generating, by a central server, a list of locations where a stolen meter is likely to be used, identifying, by the central server, a first meter having one or more characteristics of a stolen meter, and in response to determining that a first location associated with the first meter meets one or more distance criteria relative to a second location on the list of locations, performing, by the central server, a remedial action in relation to the first meter.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by a central server, a list of locations where a stolen meter is likely to be used;
- identifying, by the central server, a first meter having one or more characteristics of a stolen meter;
- and
- in response to determining that a first location associated with the first meter meets one or more distance criteria relative to a second location on the list of locations, performing, by the central server, a remedial action in relation to the first meter.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- determining a list of locations where a stolen meter is likely to be installed;
- identifying a first meter having one or more properties of a stolen meter;
- and
- in response to determining that a first location associated with the first meter meets one or more distance criteria relative to a second location on the list of locations, executing a remedial action in relation to the first meter.
A computer system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- computing a list of service points where a stolen utility meter is likely to be used;
- determining a first utility meter having one or more characteristics of a stolen utility meter;
- and
- in response to determining that a first service point associated with the first utility meter meets one or more distance criteria relative to a second service point on the list of service points, performing a remedial action in relation to the first utility meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.