Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Verification of connection of meters to network
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Application No.: US14518285Application Date: 2014-10-20
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Publication No.: US09742644B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Christopher Lloyd Osterloh , James Patrick Ogle , Charles Alan Wartinger , Holger Hildebrandt
- Applicant: Itron, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Liberty Lake
- Assignee: Itron, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Itron, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Liberty Lake
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, PLLC
- Priority: EP12166879 20120504
- Main IPC: G01R31/08
- IPC: G01R31/08 ; H03C1/62 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
To determine network coverage of a device within a network a user may send an instruction to the device using a mobile configuration tool of a mobile device. Upon receiving the instruction, the device of which the network coverage is to be determined may broadcast a message using a standard protocol, and listen to one or more responses from other devices in the network. In response to receiving the one or more responses, the device at issue may relay the one or more responses, or a processing result of the network coverage (determined based on the one or more responses) to the mobile configuration tool for display to the user. The user may determine whether the network coverage of that device meets one or more network coverage criteria and, if not, may take some corrective action.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150036532A1 VERIFICATION OF CONNECTION OF METERS TO NETWORK Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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