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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G01D 4/006 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04L 61/2092 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04L 61/6059 (2013.01); H04L 61/6081 (2013.01); H04W 28/065 (2013.01); Y02B 90/243 (2013.01); Y02B 90/246 (2013.01); Y04S 20/325 (2013.01); Y04S 20/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for utilizing near field communications (NFC) with utility meters are described herein. In one example, a meter is configured for operation, either in a stand-alone or utility network capacity. The example meter may include a processor in communication with a memory device and a tag device configured for near field communication (NFC). In operation, the processor operates the tag device to read from the memory device to obtain data for transmission via NFC and/or write data obtained via NFC to the memory device.