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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Amip J. Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Geoff M. Lyon, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Allison Littman, Lebanon, TN (US);

Inventors:

Amip J. Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Geoff M. Lyon, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Allison Littman, Lebanon, TN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08C 15/06 (2006.01); G01D 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 3/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for determining installation locations for meters are disclosed herein. The method includes generating, via a computing device, a resource map for a site, wherein the resource map includes inflow locations and corresponding outflow locations for a resource. The method also includes identifying a number of tiers within the resource map based on the inflow locations and the corresponding outflow locations for the resource. The method further includes determining a number of recommended installation locations for meters based on the tiers.


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