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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Aclara Technologies Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

David Haynes, St. Peters, MO (US);

Todd Ellis, Ballwin, MO (US);

Assignee:

Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H04L 69/329 (2022.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/006 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); G01D 4/002 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01); Y02B 90/20 (2013.01); Y04S 20/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

An improvement to a utility (U) meter's (M) meter reading schema. The improvement includes a device (D) responsive to a native language with which a meter is programmed to convert communications to and from the meter from that native language into a neutral language. The neutral language is convertible by other meters programmed with different native languages into the native language of a particular meter for meters programmed with different native languages can communicate with each other. This allows facilities within a localized area of a utility's power grid (G) to form into a micro-grid (MG) in which meters programmed with the same or different native languages can communicate with each other without having communications between them routed through a central location of the utility.


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