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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Gary C. Crider, Arlington, TX (US);
Carol Gomez, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
John D. Nguyen, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Paul E. Hake, DeSoto, TX (US);
Kantol Khek, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Gary C. Crider, Arlington, TX (US);
Carol Gomez, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
John D. Nguyen, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Paul E. Hake, DeSoto, TX (US);
Kantol Khek, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Hunt Power, L.P., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for processing meter data into a common format includes receiving, in a first transmission, meter data using a satellite communications network in a common protocol, the meter data representing information read at time intervals from associated utility meters in at least two data formats, each data format associated with a type of utility meter. The meter data in the plurality of formats is processed into a common data format. The meter data is stored in the common format as interval data for transmission to a customer.