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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Jeffrey John Hanft, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey John Hanft, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ekstrom Industries, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes activating a tamper monitoring circuit of a security seal configured to securely lock a utility meter. The method also includes wirelessly transmitting an identification data and/or an integrity information associated with the security seal and/or the utility meter to the external transceiver upon activating the tamper monitoring circuit or being queried by the external transceiver through a transceiver of the tamper monitoring circuit. The transceiver of the tamper monitoring circuit and the external transceiver are configured to securely communicate with each other through a secure protocol. Further, the method includes detecting a tamper condition associated with tampering of the security seal through the tamper monitoring circuit, and wirelessly transmitting data associated with the tamper condition to the external transceiver.