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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kalvinder Pal Singh, Miami, AU;

Darin Byron Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Zoltan Peter Kiss, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/033 (2021.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04W 12/047 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/033 (2021.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); H04L 9/0819 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 41/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04W 12/047 (2021.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclose a method including detecting, by a first node in a mesh network while the first node is operating in a normal power mode, an outage event; in response to detecting the outage event, switching to operating the first node and a first memory of the first node in a low power mode, wherein the first memory is capable of switching between operating in the normal power mode and in the low power mode where an amount of power used by the first memory is reduced; and while operating the first node and the first memory in the low power mode: generating, by the first node, a first message; securing, by the first node using a key retrieved from the first memory, the first message; and sending, by the first node, the first message to a second node in the mesh network.


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