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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew J. Borleske, Garner, NC (US);
Keith D. Richeson, Cary, NC (US);
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew J. Borleske, Garner, NC (US);
Keith D. Richeson, Cary, NC (US);
Elster Solutions, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A metering device may be configured to communicate with other devices on a plurality of metering communication networks. To enable such communications across various networks, the metering communication device may use an active utility identifier corresponding to the metering network in which it is actively communicating. The active utility identifier may be changed to a valid utility identifier corresponding to another metering network and which may be associated with the metering communication device itself. The metering communication device may use the changed active utility identifier to communicate with other devices on the other metering network having the valid utility identifier. For example, the metering communication device may change the active utility identifier to enable communication a test network from a production network, a production network to a test network, or a first test network to a second test network.
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