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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Neptune Technology Group Inc., Tallassee, AL (US);
Jerry Wayne Lovett, Auburn, AL (US);
Steven Donald Bragg, Tallassee, AL (US);
Neptune Technology Group Inc., Tallassee, AL (US);
Abstract
A device and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a collector device comprises a first wireless communication interface of a first wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to a meter interface unit of a utility meter; and a second wireless communication interface of a second wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to the meter interface unit, wherein the second wireless network is a third party wireless network and the first wireless network is not, and wherein the first wireless communication interface and the second wireless communication interface are configured to operate in a simultaneous mode of communication that provides for a simultaneous transmission to or simultaneous reception of messages from the meter interface unit.