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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Hyoung Jhang, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);
Kamal Kumar Arvind, Atlanta, GA (US);
Hyoung Jhang, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);
Kamal Kumar Arvind, Atlanta, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A request for an acknowledgement using a private key may be generated and transmitting to a customer device. The acknowledgement may be received from the customer device and verified using a public key associated with a customer operating the customer device. A request for a current location of the customer device may be transmitted and the current location may be received. A determination that the current location is proximate to a meter may be made, and, in response to determining that the current location is proximate to the meter, the meter may be manipulated.