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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Christopher L. Osterloh, Waseca, MN (US);
Christopher Nagy, Waseca, MN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher L. Osterloh, Waseca, MN (US);
Christopher Nagy, Waseca, MN (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Spokane, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a fixed or mobile reader and an endpoint. The endpoint is interfaced to a utility meter and the fixed or mobile reader is capable of communicating with the endpoint via RF communication. In this system the fixed or mobile reader sends a message to the endpoint that includes a response mode direction; the response mode direction from the reader tells the endpoint to respond to the reader either in a mobile network mode or a fixed network mode.