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Patent No.:

US 6801865 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2002

Meter monitoring and tamper protection system and method

Applicant:
Inventors:

Alan M. Gilgenbach, Waukesha, WI (US);

Richard Armbrust, Brookfield, WI (US);

Daniel J. Collins, Mequon, WI (US);

James P. Conigliaro, Milwaukee, MI (US);

Jeffery Zingsheim, Franklin, WI (US);

Timothy A. Beck, Caledonia, WI (US);

Usha H. Venkatesh, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Andrew H. Aiken, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Kenneth G. Dunahee, Greenfield, WI (US);

Assignee:

Engage Networks, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Marc S Hoff

Assistant Examiner:

Edward Raymond

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/132 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/132 ;
Abstract

A commodity-meter management system including commodity meters (e.g., electrical energy meters, gas meters, and/or water meters), one or more servers, and a communications application to communicate between the meters and the servers. The meters are connected to the servers via communication mediums. The communications application can communicate bi-directionally in real-time between the meters and the servers via the communication mediums. The communications application can determine the actual configuration parameters according to which the meter is operating at any given time. In order to detect theft of a commodity, the communications application can compare the actual configuration parameters to default configuration parameters. If the actual and default configuration parameters are not equal, substantially equal, or within a predetermined threshold, the communications application indicates that a tamper event has occurred.

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Gilgenbach, Alan. (2004). Meter monitoring and tamper protection system and method (U.S. Patent No. 6801865). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6801865

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