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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Inventor:

James Lee Kann, Mica, WA (US);

Assignee:

ITRON, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for obtaining and processing utility consumption data (e.g., gas, water, electricity, etc.) of a utility network to determine if a violation has occurred with respect to a restriction schedule associated with a service site. By way of example, a number of utility restriction schedules associated with a number of service sites may be generated that indicate, for example, a type of restricted activity and/or event (e.g., irrigation), seasons and/or which days activity is allowed or not allowed, duration activity is allowed, and/or mitigation to take place if a violation is detected. A device (e.g., a smart utility meter, a router, etc.) may monitor utility consumption and detect a particular usage activity (e.g., irrigation) via data disaggregation. The device may compare the activity to the restriction schedule for that particular service site and perform automatic mitigation if a violation is detected.


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