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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Steven Lee Bietz, Cumming, GA (US);
Jesus Acosta-Cazaubon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Christopher Hett, Atlanta, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having code stored thereon, the code includes instructions to receive an indication to communicatively couple a utility meter to an auxiliary device via a mobile electronic device, and capture a visual representation of a unique identifier of the utility meter via the mobile electronic device. The unique identifier includes an authentication mechanism configured to establish a first authentication and a second authentication of a user of the mobile electronic device. The code includes instructions to receive an acknowledgement to communicatively couple the mobile electronic device to the utility meter when the first authentication and the second authentication are satisfied.