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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Cullinan, Sagamore Beach, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/002 (2013.01); G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G01D 4/008 (2013.01); Y02B 90/241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, computer-readable storage media, and systems for signaling a communication device through an AMR interface for an immediate read of status information. It is determined whether the AMR interface is in an idle state, and if the interface is idle, the communication device is signaled to initiate retrieval of the status information through a data line of the AMR interface. Once the communication device initiates communication through the AMR interface, the data line is released.