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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Dale McLeod Magley, Norton, MA (US);
Edward J. Meaney, Jr., Bridgewater, MA (US);
David Edwin Splitz, Sandwich, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04Q 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/006 (2013.01); G01D 4/002 (2013.01); G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G01D 4/008 (2013.01); H04L 45/026 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H04Q 9/04 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/50 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes listening, at a mobile collector, for beacons from a plurality of nodes to locate and communicate with a targeted node, each beacon comprising a utility device identification (ID) and communication channel information; receiving, by the mobile collector, the beacon from the targeted node of the plurality of nodes; and determining, by the mobile collector, that the beacon was received from the targeted node based on the utility device ID included in the beacon.