Outage notification device and method
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Abstract
An outage notification system for detecting a power outage at a customer location is provided. The outage notification system comprises a first outage notification device operably coupled to a first circuit at the customer location, a second device operably coupled to a second circuit at the customer location. The first device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the first circuit and communicate the status of power supply to the first circuit to the second device. The second device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the second circuit (or other desired parameter in an alternative embodiment) and notify, via a network, a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location based at least in part on the statuses of power supply to the first and/or second circuits.
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53 Claims
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19. An outage detection device for detecting a power outage in a circuit comprising:
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a circuit interface operably coupleable to the circuit;
means for determining a status of power supply to the circuit via the circuit interface; and
means for communicating the status of power supply to at least one other outage detection device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An outage detection device for detecting a power outage at a customer location comprising:
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a circuit interface operably coupleable to a first circuit at the customer location;
means for determining a status of power supply to the first circuit via the circuit interface;
means for receiving a status of power supply to a second circuit at the customer location; and
means for notifying a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location via a network based at least in part on the status of the power supply to the first and second circuits. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for notifying a customer of a power outage at a customer location comprising:
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determining a status of power supply to each of a plurality of circuits at the customer location using a plurality of outage detection devices, each outage detection device operably coupled to a respective circuit of the plurality of circuits; and
notifying at least one representative of the customer of a power outage at the customer location when the statuses of power supply to the plurality of circuits indicate an unavailability of power supply to least one of the plurality of circuits. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for detecting a power outage a customer location, the method comprising:
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coupling an alternating current (AC) adaptor to an outlet associated with a first circuit at the customer location;
determining a status of power supply to the first circuit based at least in part on an output of the AC adaptor;
receiving a status of power supply to a second circuit at the customer location; and
communicating, via a network, the statuses of power supply to the first and second circuits to a receiving system connected to the network and associated with an electric utility. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53)
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