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Patent No.:

US 8055590 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2005

Method and system for remotely monitoring meters

Applicant:

Richard Neill Cameron, Le Rouret, FR;

Inventor:

Richard Neill Cameron, Le Rouret, FR;

Assignee:

Accenture Global Services GmbH, , CH;

Attorney:

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Primary Examiner:

John Hayes

Assistant Examiner:

David J Clark

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 11/56 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems remotely monitor a current value of a meter display. A picture of the display is taken with a camera equipped portable communication device. The picture is sent through the portable communication device and associated infrastructure to a processing system. The processing system receives and stores the picture and, optionally, verification data, imaging location data, and other data, in a datastore. The processing system processes the picture to obtain a current value of the meter and authenticates the sender and/or the meter using the verification data and/or location data.

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Cameron, Richard. (2011). Method and system for remotely monitoring meters (U.S. Patent No. 8055590). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8055590

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