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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Lancaster, Seneca, SC (US);
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 31/04 (2006.01); H02H 11/00 (2006.01); G01D 4/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 11/008 (2013.01); G01D 4/04 (2013.01); Y02B 90/246 (2013.01); Y04S 20/42 (2013.01); Y10T 307/826 (2015.04); Y10T 307/858 (2015.04);
Abstract
Electricity service may be safely remotely connected to a site by a network computing device, such as an electricity meter, even when the network computing device is not accessible at the site. The network computing device may include a service switch capable of connecting electricity service to a site, a communication module capable of receiving commands to connect or disconnect electricity service, and a safety mechanism to monitor a circuit internal to the site and to prevent the service switch from connecting electricity service to the site while a potentially unsafe condition is detected.