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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Fred Henry Boettner, Roanoke, VA (US);
Lawrence Elwood Murphy, Shorewood, WI (US);
Inventors:
Fred Henry Boettner, Roanoke, VA (US);
Lawrence Elwood Murphy, Shorewood, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems for monitoring consumer dependency on services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a service dependency notification system includes: at least one computing device adapted to identify a dependency aware device by performing actions comprising: determining whether a service dependency exists; and providing a service dependency status indicator configured to be communicated via a utility network, the service dependency status indicator indicating whether the service dependency exists.