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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Roger L. Fischer, Dallas, TX (US);
Russell B. Schultz, Colcord, OK (US);
Roger L. Fischer, Dallas, TX (US);
Russell B. Schultz, Colcord, OK (US);
Basic Resources, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An outage notification system for detecting a power outage at a customer location is provided. The outage notification system comprises a first outage notification device operably coupled to a first circuit at the customer location, a second device operably coupled to a second circuit at the customer location. The first device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the first circuit and communicate the status of power supply to the first circuit to the second device. The second device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the second circuit (or other desired parameter in an alternative embodiment) and notify, via a network, a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location based at least in part on the statuses of power supply to the first and/or second circuits.