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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Francis Tell, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34087002 ; 379107 ; 379 59 ; 455 671 ;
Abstract
A meter data collection device (20) including an antenna (52), a meter interface (60) receiving data from a meter (64), and a radio frequency (RF) stage (50). The RF stage (50) is coupled to the antenna (52) and is responsive to the meter interface (60). The RF stage (50) is operable for transmitting the meter data over a control channel of a wireless communication system.