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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 11, 2006
Richard Christopher Carpenter, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Raymond Kelley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean Michael Scoggins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sasan Ardalan, Cary, NC (US);
Richard Christopher Carpenter, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Raymond Kelley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean Michael Scoggins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sasan Ardalan, Cary, NC (US);
Elster Electricity, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
To allow meter data users to have access to needed information and at the same time address the rapidly shifting requirements of the deregulated marketplace, a new business model employs a common metering device that measures raw data and a system composed of independent services or applications that collect and process raw metered data and then make that data available to interested parties. This new model removes the dependence upon an automatic meter reading (AMR) system provider, as the sole provider, by creating a system to enable a competitive environment where services (applications, information, networking, etc.) rather than systems are selected and paid for on a leased or pay-per-use basis.