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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Adil Ansari, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Richard Dale Slates, Minden, NV (US);
Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);
Kenneth James Caird, Smyrna, GA (US);
Adil Ansari, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Richard Dale Slates, Minden, NV (US);
Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Marietta, GA (US);
Kenneth James Caird, Smyrna, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Described herein are embodiments of methods and systems of communicating with smart appliances through a smart grid and smart meter infrastructure. In one aspect, a method is described comprising a smart meter connected to a first network receiving via the first network registration information for an appliance operably connected to the first network, wherein the registration information includes a unique identifier for the appliance; transmitting at least a portion of the registration information and a smart meter identifier that uniquely identifies the smart meter to a second computing device connected to a second network; receiving, by the second computing device, update information for the appliance; transmitting, by the second computing device, the update information to the smart meter via the second network using the unique identifier for the device and the smart meter identifier; transmitting, by the smart meter, the update information to the appliance; and updating the appliance with the update information.