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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Ray Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Will Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Stephen Street, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramprasad Golla, San Jose, CA (US);
Ray Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Will Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Stephen Street, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramprasad Golla, San Jose, CA (US);
Grid Net, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Determining the scope of power outage includes receiving a message indicating power outage from a device, and probing other devices associated with the device sending the message. The message indicating power outage may include a power outage code, and may be received via a control channel of a communication network. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.