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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164479 | Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system Automatic meter reading (AMR) systems and methods in which readers communicate with endpoints interfaced to utility meters. In operation, the reader and the endpoint communicate with one another via radio frequency (RF) communication according to a communication pro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8138944 | Home area networking (HAN) with handheld for diagnostics Disclosed are handheld or portable apparatus subject matters and associated methodologies for providing local communications to metrology devices within an Advanced Metering System (AMS). The metrology devices may be associated with AC supplied device that are confi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135564 | Filtering techniques to remove noise from a periodic signal and Irms calculations A signal filtering technique is designed to remove the effects of a periodic, low-frequency noise signal from a signal of interest. A signal waveform is sampled at different points of a number of consecutive periodic noise signal cycles and the collected samples are... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122775 | Wriggler for gas meter endpoint A wriggler device is provided for a gas meter endpoint or gas meter index as an interface with a gas meter drive mechanism. In general, the wriggler may include a base surface, at least one interface wall, and at least one guide wall. The base surface has a peripher... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116071 | Utility pit meter AMR device with multiple mounting provisions An automatic meter reading (AMR) system device is adapted to be mounted in a utility meter pit. The device includes a housing constructed to at least partially enclose at least one portion of an AMR system device. The housing is integrally formed with at least two d... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8059011 | Outage notification system The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059009 | Uplink routing without routing table The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055461 | Distributing metering responses for load balancing an AMR network Disclosed are methodology and corresponding apparatus subject matters for providing improved efficiency in the collection of data from a large number of metrology devices associated with an Automated Meter reading (AMR) network. AMR network operation produces random... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054821 | Beacon requests and RS bit resolving circular routes The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049642 | Load side voltage sensing for AMI metrology Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for providing improved functionality of a meter in a 2-way communications arrangement, such as an Advanced Metering System (AMS) or Infrastructure (AMI). More particularly, the present technology relates to met... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045537 | Traffic load control in a mesh network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040664 | Meter with integrated high current switch Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for integrating directly within an electricity meter components corresponding to a high current switch. Line and load terminals forming a portion of the high current switch also correspond to line and load terminals configured... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031082 | RF meter reading system A meter reading system of the present invention enables transmission of data between utility meter endpoints and readers. In a first embodiment, the endpoint provides a short message providing its identification to the reader and immediately enters a listen mode. If... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024724 | Firmware download Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for upgrading firmware associated with one or more metrology devices and adjunct devices. Methods are disclosed for broadcast transmission of portions of a firmware image file from an originating device over a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7999532 | Apparatus for electronically measuring or distributing electrical energy An integral electronic revenue meter system diagnostics package including a microprocessor, storage memory, preselect series of system diagnostic tests, and recording any results which exceed predefined programmable thresholds, and display means for displaying error... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997150 | Magnetic drive assembly for petroleum and LPG meter A metering system for measuring a flow of petroleum and LPG. In embodiments of the invention, a magnetic drive is used to couple a measuring chamber, such as a known oscillating piston system, to a register or indicator, avoiding leakage and excessive wear due to pa... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994994 | Embedded antenna apparatus for utility metering applications An embedded antenna for facilitating wireless transmission of utility meter data is disclosed, where in one embodiment an RF antenna is a part of the faceplate of the utility meter. In another embodiment the utility meter faceplate is a single-layer or a multi-layer... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994933 | Frequency shift compensation, such as for use in a wireless utility meter reading environment Methods and apparatus for computing the carrier frequency of a transmitter using frequency modulated digital data to compensate for frequency shifting of the transmitter and the receiver local oscillators and for bandwidth adjustment of the receiver's filter. In par... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986718 | Discovery phase in a frequency hopping network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986246 | Integrated data collection, anomaly detection and investigation, such as integrated mobile utility meter reading, theft detection and investigation system An automated method and system for use during manual data collection, such as utility data collection, compares collected data with additional data to determine if the collected data deviates from an expected value, which may indicate a tamper, theft, leak, malfunct... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7973673 | Automated meter reader direct mount endpoint module An automated meter reader module can be operably connected to an existing utility meter to provide an endpoint for use in an automated meter reader system. The automated meter reader module can utilize an index attachment drive mechanism to electronically and mechan... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965758 | Cell isolation through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7949499 | Filtering techniques to remove noise from a periodic signal and Irms calculations A signal filtering technique is designed to remove the effects of a periodic, low-frequency noise signal from a signal of interest. A signal waveform is sampled at different points of a number of consecutive periodic noise signal cycles and the collected samples are... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948396 | RF meter reading system A meter reading system of the present invention enables transmission of data between utility meter endpoints and readers. In a first embodiment, the endpoint provides a short message providing its identification to the reader and immediately enters a listen mode. If... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7929916 | Embedded RF environmental evaluation tool to gauge RF transceivers performance need The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7904262 | Cascading metrology apparatus and methodology Apparatus and methodology are provided for measuring energy, particularly in a useful way for a multiphase system. Individual, like single-phase metrology blocks are provided to monitor energy in selected phases of a multiphase system. Individual data from a relativ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891246 | Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network A vibration recorder for detecting leaks in a pipeline network includes a sensor operable to receive vibration signals from a pipeline network, and a communication port connected to an automatic meter reader/transmitter (“AMRT”). A processor connected to the com... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7848362 | Real time clock distribution and recovery The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847537 | Electricity meter with resilient connectors A modular electricity meter configuration and corresponding methodology permits use of certain common components in combination with either a variety of mechanical displays or electronic displays. In electricity meter arrangements making use of printed circuit board... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847536 | Hall sensor with temperature drift control Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for providing approaches to remove or reduce thermal drift of the magnetic sensitivity of Hall sensor devices, to improve the stability of resulting signals of interest. Samples of a particular signal or signals of interest ha... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844409 | Filtering of meter reading data Packet formats and associated metering infrastructure for filtering meter reading data that is being transmitted by utility meters are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method suitable for being implemented in a metering environment is provided that filters meter read... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843834 | Use of minimal propagation delay path to optimize a mesh network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843391 | RF local area network antenna design Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters relating to an antenna configured for mounting under the glass in a utility meter. The antenna is configured as a patch antenna where a radiating element is mounted on one side of a plastic substrate while a co... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7830874 | Versatile radio packeting for automatic meter reading systems Methods and systems of providing positive outage notification are described. In some examples, the system determines there is an outage at a facility and transmits multiple messages notifying a utility of the outage. In some examples, the messages are received at mu... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827268 | Number of sons management in a cell network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826398 | Broadcast acknowledgement in a network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7764714 | Crystal drift compensation in a mesh network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756078 | Cell size management The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756030 | Downlink routing mechanism The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7729852 | Mapping in mobile data collection systems, such as for utility meter reading and related applications A mobile data collection system may perform or facilitate monitoring and management of mobile automatic meter reading (MAMR) activities via out of route meter read identification and graphical route playback. In identifying out of route endpoints, the mobile data co... | 06/01/2010 |
