US 8,896,461 B2 · Distributed meter data management

Abstract

In a distributed meter data management (MDM) system of a smart grid, a network computing device, such as a network router deployed in the field, may receive data from one or more utility meters, sensors, control devices, or other utility data collection devices that are communicatively coupled to the network computing device. The network computing device may process the data received from the utility data collection devices to generate processed data usable by a consumer. The network computing device may also send data to and/or receive data from a centralized control system, MDM system, and/or smart grid analytic applications at a utility central office. The network computing device may then provide the processed data directly to the consumer, with or without first sending the data to a centralized MDM system of the utility.

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Dependent claims

One or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving raw data from one or more utility meters, sensors, and/or control devices at a field-deployed utility network router;
processing, at the field-deployed utility network router, the data received from the utility meters, sensors, and/or control devices to generate processed data usable by a consumer, the processing comprising:
validating that the raw data is accurate;
estimating any information missing from the raw data;
and/or
detecting a utility outage, tampering, a blink, and/or a surge at one or more of the utility meters, sensors, and/or control devices;
and
providing the processed data to the consumer directly from the field-deployed utility network router.

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A network computing device comprising:

one or more processors;
memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
a network interface to receive data from one or more utility data collection devices;
one or more processing modules, stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to process the data received from the one or more utility data collection devices to generate processed data usable by a consumer, the one or more processing modules including a validation and estimation module, stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to validate the data and/or estimate information missing from the data;
and
a routing module, stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to route the data and/or the processed data to one or more users of the data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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